Written by: E. George
Published December 7, 2023 @ 9:30 PM ET
Warning: The following story contains information regarding physical violence against/neglect of disabled/elderly persons.
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ga. – Baldwin County Sheriff’s officers conducted a welfare check on a 33-year-old woman at a Milledgeville residence on November 28, 2023, and found her in deplorable conditions and tenuous health. The caller, the victim’s aunt, said she believed the victim was being “held against her will” in a front bedroom.
Upon arrival, the officers peered into the window of the front room. Although they could not see anyone, “a strong foul odor was coming from the bedroom.”
After no one responded to their knocking, they “left the front porch and started to walk towards the rear of the residence,” where they saw 32-year-old Bobbie Jo Barber. When they asked her to take them to the victim, her sister, she said she “would rather wait for her husband and that she did not want to go to jail.”
She acquiesced when they asked again and led them through the
