Why does someone always have to be guilty of something?

I have been reading with interest the very sad case of the Kansas woman who was recently hospitalized after apparently spending over two years in her bathroom sitting on her toilet, surviving with the help of her boyfriend, who obviously also seems to have his own mental health issues. A tragic situation all around.

Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple isn't helping anything, however, by recommending that the boyfriend be charged with "mistreatment of a dependent adult". The woman hasn't ever been declared incompetent or formally found to be mentally deficient, and the sheriff himself admits that "'this truly is a case of two people, in my opinion, with diminished mental capacity'".

There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the boyfriend, Kory McFarren, abused or mistreated the woman in any way. He was the one, in fact, that called the police for help, after he became concerned for her well-being. Did he wait too long to call for assistance? Absolutely, but since when is indulging a person's wish to stay in a small room for long periods of time a crime? After all, as Sheriff Whipple states, "the woman at first refused ambulance service and "'didn't want to leave'". If the boyfriend is in fact mentally ill as well, how can what he did be held against him, if he truly believed that that's where his girlfriend wanted to be?

I hope that both of these people get the treatment that they need, both physically and mentally, and that they recover fully from their ordeal. I also hope that Sheriff Whipple realizes that every situation doesn't require someone to be arrested and charged with a crime.