Death of vulnerable adult trial

The state’s case against Mack Adam Gaines is set for a 2 o’clock start this afternoon in Oconee General Sessions Court.  At 58 years old in 2018, Games was arrested and charged with abuse of neglect resulting in the death of a vulnerable adult.  Authorities investigated the death of Alma Louise Gaines, 92, and decided the manner of death was homicide.  That led to Mack Gaines’s arrest and the sheriff’s office announcement that Ms. Gaines died of medical complications secondary to a fall and neglect by a family in providing her assistance.  Sworn to hear the case is a jury of 10 men and two women.