TN TN - Alicia Waters, 39, disabled, Murfreesboro, April 2015

Officials in Rutherford County are offering a $5,000 reward to help them find a disabled woman who has a million-dollar bank account waiting for her.

Alicia Waters is 39. She has had cerebral palsy since she was an infant. Waters is confined to a wheelchair and can't speak.

Her mother, Florence Waters, and her father, Charles Waters, have cared for Alicia all her life. They used to live in Murfreesboro.

But now, Rutherford County officials can't find the family.

The Waters moved two years ago, walking away from a million-dollar account set up decades ago for Alicia’s medical needs.

"Why they would leave Rutherford County, and well over a million dollars in her account here. It's just baffling. We can't figure it out," said John Bratcher, Rutherford County Clerk and Master of Chancery Court.

The Waters have been in the court system in three states, most recently in Rutherford County. A series of conservatorship cases began in California, then moved to Georgia, and later, to Tennessee.

Bratcher presides over Alicia Waters' conservatorship case in Tennessee.

The $1 million came from a medical malpractice settlement - a surgical mistake when Alicia Waters was 10 months old.

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http://www.wsmv.com/story/36704859/5000-reward-offered-for-missing-disabled-woman

This is concerning.


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So her parents are being uncooperative and refusing to let officials see Alicia, although they say she's fine.

No prizes for guessing what's happened here, unfortunately.

Rayemonde said:

So her parents are being uncooperative and refusing to let officials see Alicia, although they say she's fine.

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I'm not sure if I read both were but I know it was stated the Dad is. It almost seemed the Mom was missing, also. I need to go back and read again.

Added to Charley Project 28 Jan 2019:

Alicia A. Waters

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Alicia, circa 2015; Florence Waters

• Missing Since 04/10/2015
• Missing From Murfreesboro, Tennessee
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Age 40 years old
• Height and Weight 5'4 - 5'7, 105 - 115 pounds
• Medical Conditions Alicia has suffered from severe cerebral palsy since infancy. As a result of her condition, she is confined to a wheelchair and cannot speak.
• Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes.

Details of Disappearance
Alicia was last seen in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on April 10, 2015. She is severely physically and mentally disabled and has been cared for by her parents, Florence Elaine Waters and Charles Waters, all her life. A photo of Florence is posted with this case summary.

Alicia has a trust fund of over a million dollars set aside for her care, money from a medical malpractice settlement. Her parents, as her caregivers, could receive up to nine thousand dollars a month from the account. There were allegations that Alicia's parents were misusing the money, including a report that they spent some of it on a swimming pool for themselves. As a result, a Murfreesboro attorney was appointed as conservator and he is in charge of how the money will be disbursed.

Florence and Charles came to Rutherford County Chancery Court court in Tennessee once a month for about a year, and were increasingly uncooperative and combative, refusing to allow court officials to check on how Alicia was doing. Then they sold their house and moved away, leaving a forwarding address in Duluth, Georgia.

Alicia's parents have not collected money from the trust fund since then. They also haven't collected any of Alicia's Social Security disability payments since 2006, when the Social Security Administration started asking her parents questions about how the money was being spent.

A warrant was issued for Florence's arrest in January 2017; she is supposed to be taken before the chancery court to show cause for why she should not be held in contempt for failing to disclose Alicia's whereabouts.

Later in 2017, a Georgia television news station went to the Duluth address and spoke to Alicia's father, Charles. He admitted his identity, but refused to disclose where Florence and Alicia were. He said they were together and initially claimed they were in Tennessee, then admitted this was untrue. He said Alicia was alive and being cared for. Neighbors reported they hadn't seen anyone in a wheelchair at the house.

Investigators are concerned for Alicia's safety, as they cannot think of a reasonable explanation why her parents would have walked away from her trust fund. Her parents no longer have legal custody of her, and the court has offered a reward for information leading to her whereabouts. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.
Alicia A. Waters – The Charley Project