NYC caregiver accused of placing dead elderly roommate inside garbage bag, claiming she had lice: sources
NY Post
A Bronx caregiver allegedly placed her dead 70-year-old roommate inside of a garbage bag instead of calling 911 when she made the discovery, claiming she did so because the woman had lice, police and sources said.
Inga Bearden, 53, was arrested Friday and charged with concealment of a corpse in connection to the death of the woman she cared for inside the luxury Bronx apartment the two shared with Bearden’s two teenage kids, according to cops and law enforcement sources.
The 70-year-old, identified by sources as Margie Ann William-Collins, took a long shower Thursday before settling down on her side of the living room, which she and Bearden used as a shared bedroom, sources said.
When Bearden went to check on William-Collins, she was dead.
The caretaker then called her 50-year-old husband, who doesn’t live in the apartment, and he allegedly helped Bearden place William-Collins’ body inside a black garbage bag, the sources said.
Bearden told investigators they placed Williams-Collins in the bag because she had lice and they were concerned it would spread, according to sources.
