This is beyond horrendous! A Michigan woman hired to care for an elderly man allegedly had him taken off life support and his body cremated — all without his family’s knowledge or consent.
Linda Renee Polk, 52 years old of Macomb Township was originally hired in the spring of 2021 to care for the victim’s wife, according to authorities. By early 2024, the woman’s 78 year old husband fell ill, leading to his hospitalization in October of said year, where he was put on life support. Not long after, Linda used her power of attorney, which is alleged to have been obtained fraudulently, to order him removed from life support, and then promptly had his body cremated.
Linda then allegedly “authored a fraudulent Quit-Claim deed on the victim’s home” soon after his death on October 19, 2024, according to police statement. According to authorities, Linda’s criminal activities had been going on for months before the man passed away, where she allegedly “embezzled a large sum of money from the victim and opened, and used, credit cards in the victim’s name.”
According to a Facebook post by the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office, Linda was arrested on April 2, 2025, and charged with first-degree premeditated homicide, two counts of forgery, embezzlement from a vulnerable adult, three counts of identity theft, and two counts of financial transactions for illegal use. And she will have her day in court, pending the investigation.
And they have also seized her passport in the event she’s able to post the $1,000,000 cash/surety bond assigned her, remove her steel cuff tether, and try to flee being held accountable for her beyond horrendous crime.
But there may be more to this story as the investigation is still ongoing, and some commenters are surmising that as well and calling out the family:
Could he have freely given her permission and authority to do this because his family did not care enough about him and she did?
Life gets busy but please take care of your elderly, especially if they took care of you until you’re grown.
Imagine going to look for your family member only to be told he was dead and ashed.
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