(December 2, 2008)—A 62-year old woman whom Texas City police found home alone, barely clinging to life, was in the hospital Tuesday.

A Texas City police spokesman says officers found the woman after someone called 911 late Friday and identified himself as her son.

He said his mother had bedsores and needed an ambulance.

He said the back door of the house would be open, and then hung up.

The officer arrived to find the woman alone in the house with maggots eating her flesh.

The police spokesman said the house was in deplorable condition.

Several cats were running free and there was an overwhelming stench similar to that of decaying flesh.

The woman was identified as Linda Sue Sainz, a retired Galveston County Sheriff's Office dispatcher.

She was taken to Mainland Medical Center in Texas City.

Hospital officials said Tuesday they couldn't reveal her condition.

Texas City Police Chief Robert Burby said Adult Protective Services investigating.

Family members told police they had not seen Sainz since January.