GLEN ELLYN — A Glen Ellyn resident has been charged with criminal neglect in the death of his elderly mother, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced Friday in a news release.

Berlin said that John Gault, 64, of 456 Elm St., Glen Ellyn, has been charged with criminal neglect of an elderly person following the death of his 88-year-old mother, Margaret.

On Jan. 16, paramedics were called to the home Gault shared with his mother to assist in a medical emergency. Upon their arrival, paramedics discovered Mrs. Gault lying naked on the bedroom floor dehydrated and emaciated, according to the news release. Additionally, she had bed sores on her shoulder blades and tailbone.