A Florida woman was duped into changing an adult man’s diapers and bottle feeding him for three months when she thought he was disabled and needed care.
Janet Schulte of Melbourne said she agreed for $600 a week to look after the 40-something, disabled man whose brother placed an ad on Craigslist seeking care, Florida Today reports.
The brother, who only communicated with Schulte by phone, told her his sibling had diminished mental capacity but was able to come to her house on his own because he lived with an aunt nearby and knew the neighborhood.
She later discovered the man and the brother were the same person after her husband noticed some personality changes in the supposedly disabled man. Schulte’s husband then followed him and saw the man get into a car two blocks from their house and drive away.
Schulte said never once during the three months of care did the man break character while she “rubbed his head while he was falling asleep,” or changed his diapers. She added that his behavior was never sexual in any way.
When confronted by police, the man, who was not identified or charged, admitted to the scam but blamed it on post-traumatic stress.
Authorities are continuing the investigation into the case
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