MARTINEZ — A Concord woman whose paraplegic husband died one day after being found suffering from severe neglect in the couple’s squalid apartment has been charged with homicide, two counts of felony dependent abuse and one count of felony child abuse by the Contra Costa District Attorney, prosecutors said.

Dormanicia Lawson, 37, was the caretaker for her husband and two sons, one of whom is autistic. On Dec. 30 paramedics responding to a call found Lawson’s husband emaciated, dehydrated and covered with infected sores, prosecutors said. He was transported to John Muir Medical Center where he died Dec. 31.

Officers called to the two-bedroom residence noted the smell of rotten food and rotting flesh and the presence of maggots and cockroaches, according to prosecutors. They also found an 11-year-old boy and a 19-year-old autistic man who was covered in feces.

Lawson is being held at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond on $1.3 million bail. She is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan. 12.

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