Woman’s daughter, son-in-law charged with exploitation at nursing home

CLAY COUNTY (KFDXKJTL) — Authorities tell a Clay County woman’s daughter and son-in-law threatened to leave her in a nursing home until she signed over all her property and power of attorney to them, and earlier had filed paperwork to obtain deeds to her land, home and mineral rights.

William and Kimber Dunkelberg, of Wichita Falls, were charged in connection with the case and are no longer in the Clay County jail.

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The charges alleging exploitation of an elderly person and making false statements to obtain property were filed after the victim obtained an attorney who notified the sheriff’s office of the alleged attempts to obtain control of the woman’s property in Joy while she was in a care center in Henrietta .

She told her son-in-law came to take her home on the day she was to be released but asked her to sign some documents before leaving the center. The documents would have relinquished her home, property, and mineral rights, which were worth more than $300,000, to the couple.

She said she declined, and William became angry and said that if she did not sign, he would leave her in the center until she did, and she would have to pay her bills from the center. Then he left her.

The victim told investigators she learned that her daughter filed paperwork on her behalf earlier without her knowledge that she deeded her land, home and mineral rights to Kimber and her husband.

She also said she had to put a hold on mail delivery because while she was in the nursing home, the couple had stolen mineral rights checks from her mailbox and opened other mail.

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She said they also dissolved a lease agreement she had on her mineral rights, so she also lost this income. They had changed the gate locks on her property while refusing to take her home from the care center.

Authorities say medical records show the victim is fully competent to manage his affairs and that Adult Protective Services advised they are opening a case of criminal activity against the couple on the victim’s behalf.

This is a developing story. Stick with Texoma’s Homepage for updates as more information becomes available. All individuals charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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