INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Judge Robert L. Pegg sentenced caretaker Gina Albrecht to 30 years in prison Wednesday, for causing the starvation and dehydration death of Marbrisa resident George May, 81.
Albrecht got 30 years for manslaughter and a second sentence of 20 years for ID theft and forgery to run concurrent with the 30 year sentence.
Before Pegg sentenced Albrecht, a neighbor of May’s spoke on behalf of herself and other neighbors about the horror of seeing what Albrecht did to May. Then, friends of May’s spoke of their love for May and how much they missed him.
Looking at Albrecht, who stood next to her attorney, May’s friend, Steve Foster, told her: “The first day I met you I asked you to take good care of George and now we’re here with this mess. Your ego and greed need to be controlled.”
May’s daughter Patti Corapi told the Court that Albrecht had not only done great harm to May and his family and friends but also to her own children and parents.
“But,” said Corapi, “she doesn’t care who she hurts. It’s all about spending money.”
In 2011, Albrecht came into May’s life as a caretaker, isolating him from his friends and family as his dementia increased. After, spending all of his savings and getting him to change his will so that she would get his home and insurance policy when he died.
Albrecht left him, physically and mentally disabled and alone, and he died from neglect.
Assistant state attorney David Dodd told the Court: “George May died for greed…. Sentence her to the maximum.”
While Pegg did not give Albrecht the maximum sentence, which would have been 50 years, with the 30-year sentence and 20-year sentence running consecutively, he came close with the 30-year sentence and the concurrent 20-year sentence.
Albrecht, who is in her late 30s, is expected to be in prison into her 60s.
