Hernando County Detention CenterThe son is now facing charges, after his 79-year-old mother was found in "deplorable physical condition" and reportedly died shortly after her hospitalization. A Florida man is behind bars after his mother was found "rotting from infection" and later died. 47-year-old Jason Thomas Russell of Spring Hill has been charged with abuse and neglect of an elderly person and resisting an officer without violence after he called 911 for help on September 18. Russell allegedly told police his mother "did not let him touch her or assist her," adding that he would "either dip her in the pool or wipe her with a cloth" to bathe her. According to the Sheriff, Russell's mother died September 20.