60 - SA Police investigating death of woman in 'disgusting and degrading circumstances'
Police are investigating how an Adelaide woman with cerebral palsy was allowed to die in "disgusting and degrading circumstances", and have declared her death a major crime. They say Ann Marie Smith died on April 6 of severe septic shock, multi-organ failure, severe pressure sores, malnutrition and issues connected with her cerebral palsy after being stuck in a cane chair for 24 hours a day in her Kensington Park home for more than a year.