Hartsdale man gets 1-3 years for letting mother die of neglect
Photo credit: NEWS 12 | James Austin, 45, was found guilty of leaving his elderly mother to rot in the home that they shared.
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A Hartsdale man convicted of killing his elderly mother by neglect was sentenced Friday to one to three years in prison.
James Austin, 47, was convicted by a jury in June in Westchester County Court of second-degree manslaughter in connection with the July 2011 death of his 71-year-old mother, Ida Austin. Greenburgh police found her maggot-infested, emaciated body on the couch of the home...
