Wisconsin man accused of killing girlfriend's disabled daughter
Posted: Jan 23, 2020 6:44 PM CST
WISCONSIN (AP) -- A central Wisconsin man has been arrested in the death of his girlfriend's disabled adult daughter.
Twenty-year-old Samantha Roberts died Friday at her home in Nekoosa.
Court documents say Roberts had cerebral palsy, couldn't speak and used a wheelchair. An autopsy showed Roberts died from significant head trauma.
Roberts' mother told police she checked on her daughter in a first-floor bedroom then went upstairs and took a bath.
Documents say when she returned downstairs she found her daughter was "suffering from a medical emergency."
Officials say the mother's boyfriend told police he hit Roberts several days before her death, but didn't cause the injuries that killed her.