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Parrot's Chilling Comments Aid Police in Elder Abuse Case

A talking parrot provided what could be taken as chilling evidence in the case of a 60-year-old South Carolina woman charged with neglecting her 98-year-old mother, who was found on the verge of death suffering from severe bedsores.

“The parrot was mimicking, ‘Help me. Help me.’ Then he would laugh,” St. George Police Lt. Eric Bonnette tells the Charleston Post and Courier. “We think he was mimicking the mother when he said, ‘Help me. Help me,’ and mimicking the daughter when he laughed.”

Anne Copeland died at a hospital Tuesday after being found by authorities in poor condition at her home Monday, the newspaper says. Her daughter, Gloria Park Clark, has been charged with abuse and neglect resulting in the death of a vulnerable adult.

Hat tip: WISTV