Sheriff: Woman accused of hitting 92-year-old mother with wrench, told her to kill herself

by Kennedy McKinney

Susan Delaney was arrested and charged with aggravated battery on a person 65 years or older, abuse of an elderly or disabled person, neglect of elderly person, and domestic battery. (PBSO)

BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — A woman is in jail after her mother told deputies she abused her.

On Dec. 1 around 8 p.m., deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office went to Boca Raton in reference to a domestic battery.

Deputies met with the 92-year-old victim who told them that her daughter Susan Delaney, 65, abuses her and that is has worsened in the past year.

The victim told deputies that when she doesn't follow the rules, Delaney hits her. 

The deputy asked the victim for an example. She told deputies that earlier that same day, she went to the kitchen to wash dishes. However, her daughter was unhappy with the result of the dishes and and began to yell and strike her. Delaney then told her mother to leave the house, kicked her out, and locked the doors. The victim fled to the neighbors house.

In the arrest report, the victim continues to tell deputies about the abuse and how when Delaney is upset, she'll grab her arms and hands and shake her. She also said Delaney kicks her on her legs when she gets upset.

The victim told deputies that Delaney got mad at her and used a wrench to strike her several times on the head. She also said that in the past Delaney tried to suffocate her with a pillow.

Deputies observed multiple bruises from her forehead to her chin and a laceration on the victim's forehead. There were also bruises under and around her eyes and on her neck and upper torso. She also had large bruises on both arms between the shoulder and elbow, showing indication that she was grabbed. On her left leg there was a large bruise on the font between the knee and ankle.

The deputy wrote in the arrest report that the bruises had various shades showing that some were new while others were healing.

Delaney allegedly took away the victim's glasses so that she couldn't see very well and coerced her into signing paperwork that gave Delaney power of attorney over her finances and real estate.

There is also alleged verbal abuse. The victim told deputies that Delaney curses at her and tells her to kill herself.

When deputies mentioned the possibility of bringing her back to her home, the victim said that she did not want to go because she feared Delaney would hit and kill her.

The neighbor, whose house the victim went to, said they heard screaming and shouting coming from the victim's house over the past months. The neighbor also told deputies they heard Delaney tell the victim to kill herself.

Delaney was arrested and charged with aggravated battery on a person 65 years or older, abuse of an elderly or disabled person, neglect of elderly person, and domestic battery.

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