Union Man Charged With Homicide by Neglect in Death of His Mother

**Friday 11:01 a.m. Update**

Bryan Scott Williams withdrew his request to have his bond lowered during a hearing in Union county on Friday morning.

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A Union man has been charged with homicide by neglect in the death of his mother. He has a bond hearing scheduled Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. in front of Judge Alford at the Union County Courthouse.

The Union County Sheriff's Office says the home where Williams lived with his mother was covered with 400 pounds of trash plus human and animal feces.

Bryan Scott Williams, 46, is being held in the Union County Detention Center on $100,000 bond following the death of Carol Ruth Williams, 67, of Union.

Sheriff's deputies say they were called to Wallace Thomson Hospital Wednesday after an elderly woman had been brought there by family members. The woman was described as "unresponsive" and "excessively bruised" according to the incident report.

Bryan Scott Williams said he lived at a home on Neal Shoals Road and Carol Ruth Williams had gone to bed at 11:00 p.m. Monday night, but was not responsive at 7:00 the next morning.

A Department of Social Services worker was called to the hospital where the deputy says they found maggots in and around open wounds on the woman. Williams was then transferred to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Union investigators say Carol Ruth Williams died at SRMC.

Two Union County Sheriff's officers and the DSS worker went to the home on Neal Shoals Road where they say they found "an enormous amount of trash piled in the living room." There were adult diapers containing feces in the pile and a sofa - where the woman had slept -was also covered with feces.

Trash was also piled in the kitchen on the floor and cabinets and one bedroom was covered in dog feces according to the report.

Bryan Scott Williams told the deputy his mother had been physically confined to the sofa for the past month and required adult diapers. However, he claimed she was capable of cleaning herself.

We're told Williams was a bus driver for the Union County School District. Dr. David Eubanks, Superintendent of Union County Schools, says Williams is no longer employed by the school district. He says, the district released him in October, when Williams was initially charged with neglect of a vulnerable adult.
He had been with the district for two years.

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