Timothy Allen Brown was arrested Tuesday evening in St. Louis on charges of abuse or neglect of an adult and interstate flight to avoid prosecution. Police say Timothy will likely face more charges.

As we reported Oct. 29, Timothy checked his sister Penny Brown out of Georgetown Healthcare Center in 2006 and moved her into his home with his 8-year-old son. Penny suffered from Cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair for mobility, and had a room to herself in her brother’s home.

In mid September, police visited Timothy’s home as part of a child welfare case. The boy was later removed from the home after social service workers discovered deplorable living conditions, such as human feces on the floor. The boy told police he was not allowed to go into his aunt Penny’s room, which then led police back to Timothy’s home to search for her. Neither Timothy nor his sister were there. Police later found Timothy’s car abandoned and found Penny’s body “wrapped in quilts and then the quilts were wrapped in construction-grade plastic to make it more of an air-tight package, and then placed in the back of his car, in the trunk,” said county coroner John Goble.

Police believe that Penny could have been dead since she was released from the nursing home in her brother’s care. Once released, Penny stopped using her food stamps and her medical card. But her $600-$700 per month social security disability checks continued to be cashed, police say.

Penny’s father, Terry Gray of Georgetown, told police he spoke with his daughter by phone in December 2007. Otherwise he was not involved with either Timothy or Penny.

SOURCE: Nursing Home Abuse › Police arrest brother of disabled woman found dead in car trunk

It was the last time anyone saw her alive.

Last week, police investigators discovered Penny’s severely decomposed remains, wrapped in blankets and industrial plastic, in the truck of Timothy’s car. The coroner suspects she had been dead for two years, according to the Associated Press.

Police in Georgetown believe that Timothy moved Penny into his apartment with his 8-year-old son. Last month, police visited Timothy’s home as part of a child welfare case. The boy was later removed from the home after social service workers discovered deplorable living conditions, such as human feces on the floor.

During the investigation, the boy told police he was never allowed in his aunt’s bedroom. Police went to Timothy’s home but Timothy had gone missing and Penny was nowhere to be found. After being contacted by police, another relative filed a missing person report. Shortly after, Timothy’s car was found with Penny’s mummified body in the trunk.

Police believe Penny died shortly after leaving the nursing home and that Timothy may have stored her body in his apartment for two years, cashing her monthly social security disability checks. According to the story, Penny’s body was “wrapped in quilts and then the quilts were wrapped in construction-grade plastic to make it more of an air-tight package, and then placed in the back of his car, in the trunk,” said county coroner John Goble.

The state medical examiner says determining a cause of death will be difficult if not impossible, given her decomposed state.

Timothy is still at large. He is described as a 6-foot tall, 230-to-250-pound white male with blue eyes and blond hair. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Timothy should call Georgetown police at (502) 863-7826.

SOURCE: Nursing Home Abuse › Body of former nursing home patient found in brother’s trunk