Salem woman faces manslaughter charge

Salem woman faces manslaughter charge

SALEM — A woman has been indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to provide care for her mother.

Police arrested Robin S. Jackson, 47, of 1049 E. Third St., on Wednesday.

She also was indicted on a charge of failure to provide for a functionally impaired person.

Her mother, Shirley Nutter, 70, was found in upstairs bedroom of Jackson’s house on March 6, 2007.

Columbiana County Prosecutor Robert Herron said one of Jackson’s two grown sons called Salem police.

The deceased was malnourished, but her caretaker daughter was a cook at a local facility, the prosecutor said.

Jackson faces up 10 years in prison on the manslaughter charge and up to 18 months in prison on the second charge.

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