HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – A Hopkinsville woman has been indicted by the Christian County Grand Jury for murder following an elder abuse related death in November.
63-year-old Patricia Bader-Sanders was arrested on Nov. 3 after Jennie Stuart Medical Center contacted the Hopkinsville Police. The suspect’s 86-year-old mother, Wilma Saturley, was observed at the hospital with multiple bruises, swelling to her forehead, jaw, and limbs with a dislocated shoulder. She also had several bedsores on her backside.
At the time, Sanders told HPD that she was the sole person caring for her mother who had been under continuous medical care after being hospitalized over the summer. Sanders was also acting as her legal guardian since 2023, according to an arrest report.
At the time of the arrest, Sanders was initially charged with abuse and neglect of an adult. However, her mother died at the hospital three days after the arrest. A On Dec. 19, the Grand Jury announced the charged had been changed murder due to circumstances of extreme indifference to human life by engaging in conduct which is believed to have caused the death of Saturley.
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