Woman pleads innocent in death of her bedridden mother

Woman pleads innocent in death of her bedridden mother

LISBON — A Salem woman pleaded innocent today in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to charges of involuntary manslaughter and failure to provide for a functionally impaired person.

Robin S. Jackson, 47, of 1049 E. Third St., Salem, was arrested earlier this month. Her mother, Shirley Nutter, 70, was found dead in a bedroom in Jackson’s house on March 6 this year.

Nutter was bedridden for several years. She died of natural causes. Jackson is free on bond.