SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Detectives launched a months-long investigation after a 41-year-old disabled man was found emaciated, deceased, and alone inside a home on Mastic Street in San Jose. When he was found deceased on May 17, 2025, "the descendent was emaciated and lacked basic necessities," S an Jose Police Department spokesperson Stacie Shih wrote. Officers suspected that he was the victim of neglect. The man was developmentally disabled and he depended on an in-home caretaker, 69-year-old Enid Acevedo of Gilroy, according to SJPD. Acevedo had been trusted to care for the man's health and wellbeing, Shih told reporters, however, "She violated that trust, and did not make it a priority." A coroner with the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner later determined the victim's manner of death was "homicide due to neglect," SJPD wrote. On March 18, 2026, detectives arrested Acevedo in Gilroy and booked her into jail. The Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose is seen. (KRON4 photo) Prosecutors charged the caretaker with felony abuse of a dependent adult resulting in death, police said. Meteor caught on camera streaking across the Bay Area night sky The circumstances surrounding the incident are still under investigation. Anyone with any information about this case is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Martinez of the San Jose Police Department Homicide Unit by emailing [email protected], or by calling 408-277-5283. ...read more read less