Texas woman has lived with her mother's remains for three years, police say

A Texas woman lived with the remains of her deceased mother for three years, police said.

For years, Delissa Navonne Crayton, 47, lived in a room with a child, while the body was in the other room of the two-bedroom residence, according to the Seguin Police Department.

Crayton, 47, was arrested earlier this month on a charge of child abuse after police found remains that appear to belong to Jacqueline Louise Crayton, police said.

The police concluded that the 71-year-old woman fell at home in 2016, not putting her life in danger.

"Delissa Crayton did not provide the assistance, which led the investigators to believe that Jaqueline was dead on the ground, lying on the ground," according to a Seguin police statement.

Authorities are awaiting confirmation from Texas State University's Center for Forensic Anthropology that the remains belong to Jaqueline Crayton, police said.

Delissa Crayton was charged with injuring a child under 15 on July 10, the department said in a statement. She is being held on bail of $ 200,000 at Guadalupe County Prison, according to prison records, which do not list a lawyer for the woman.

The child was placed with relatives during the investigation, officials said.

Seguin is a city of about 27,000 inhabitants located about 40 miles northeast of San Antonio.