By Kathi O'Shea April 9, 2021 6:27 am clipart.com BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A Whatcom County man faces a charge of criminal mistreatment after his mother was found laying in feces on the floor of their home. Whatcom Superior Court documents state that Robert Savage was supposed to care for his 71-year-old mother in their home on Jackson Road near Blaine. Robert’s brother and daughter became concerned about the woman and requested a welfare check by deputies on April 1st, but Robert sent them away. The relatives decided to travel from their homes in Orting, Washington and Oregon on April 2nd and found the woman laying on the floor covered in filth with sores on her thighs and stomach.