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Suspects Adam Haynes and Pamela McNeal of Allegheny County, Pa., face criminal homicide and other counts related to the "willful neglect" that was the direct cause of death of a 54-year-old man who weighed just 76 pounds and was riddled with bedsores.

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Police found the 54-year-old man dead his bed, weighing just 76 pounds and riddled with bedsores. It took a full year, but now the man and woman who were allegedly caring for victim David Fuhrman of Verona, Pa., have been criminally charged in the case.

According to WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, suspects Adam Haynes and Pamela McNeal of Verona face criminal homicide and other counts related to the "willful neglect that was the direct cause of death of Fuhrman."

On Nov. 24, 2015, police who found Fuhrman's body said he was "extremely underweight with significant pronouncement of bone structures and multiple deep sores and wounds on his back and elbow," WPXI reported. In addition, he had on "three adult diapers, with a large sore in the area which appeared to be infected."

Finally, Fuhrman weighed just 76 pounds at the time of his death, having lost more than half his body weight.

The married couple acknowledged being Fuhrman's primary caregivers for more than a decade as the man had intellectual disabilities. The couple blamed his condition on deteriorating health and the fact that he wouldn't eat very much.

However, WPXI reports Haynes became extremely emotional at one point during police questioning, allegedly telling investigators, "He couldn't bear to change Fuhrman's diapers because of the extent of the bedsores."

The Allegheny County chief medical examiner last week officially ruled Fuhrman's manner of death as homicide, prompting the charges.

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