The sheriff’s office identified the caretaker as Megan Marie Spradling, 36, of Elliston, and her boyfriend as Daniel McClellan, 37. The agency said a grand jury returned true bills on October 27 after investigators presented evidence, and both adults were arrested on October 31. They are being held at the Western Virginia Regional Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office said Spradling faces felony charges of abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in serious injury and assault, stabbing, cutting or wounding with malicious intent. The agency also said she faces five misdemeanor counts related to the unlawful creation of a videographic or still image of another person.
McClellan faces felony charges of abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in serious injury and assault, stabbing, cutting or wounding with malicious intent, the sheriff’s office said. The agency also listed felony charges against him for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing a firearm while a family-abuse protective order was in effect, and a third protective-order violation within 20 years.
The release did not provide further information about the alleged abuse, any specific injuries, or the next steps in the case.
