A 38 YEAR OLD ROSSVILLE WOMAN IS IN THE WALKER COUNTY JAIL… CHARGED WITH IMPRISONMENT AND ABUSE OF HER 67 YEAR OLD MOTHER.  ROSSVILLE DETECTIVES, FAMILY MEMBERS AND ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES INTERVENED IN THE SITUATION.  BETTY STRICKLAND HAD BEEN HELD IN HER DAUGHTER’S DUPLEX IN ROSSVILLE FOR AROUND 8 MONTHS, ACCORDING TO REPORTS.
    THE DAUGHTER…RUTH MARIE STRICKLAND… WHO ALSO GOES BY RUTHIE JACKSON AND RUTHIE GRAY… HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BATTERY AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT IN THE CASE.  THE MOTHER HAD GRANTED POWER OF ATTORNEY TO HER DAUGHTER… WHO ALLEGEDLY SPENT ALL THE MONEY FROM HER MOM’S SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME.   THE ELDER MS. STRICKLAND TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT SHE WAS "TIRED OF BEING HIT".