Evelyn Roth said she was robbed of nearly everything by two of her relatives while she was seriously ill in the hospital.

The two suspects are Roth’s only living relatives, her 66-year-old cousin, Virginia Kuehn, and her niece, 53-year-old Kathleen Jingling. Roth trusted them when they insisted on making financial decisions for her. She signed over the power of attorney to them while she was sick.

She will never forget the shock when she learned her Southeast Portland Home of 56 years had been sold.

“I just said, I don't believe it! Because I didn't sign anything that they could do it," she said. “It's sad to think your own relatives will turn on you like this and be that way. When you can't  help yourself.”

Roth had noticed her eyeglasses, her walker, and her purse were missing. Then realized her checking account and annuities were cleaned out.

Her antiques, furniture, car, house, wedding photos, and even her personal identification were also all gone.

After asking for months, Roth said Kuehn and Jingling finally returned her purse.

“And when it came back, it had been emptied out, and all it had was a package of gum and a little pack of Kleenex," Roth said. “I had not one thing to prove I was alive.”

She's thankful for her arthritis, because it's the only reason she still has one personal item - her 25th anniversary ring.

“That's the only thing I got left cause they could not get it off my finger. So, I have it.
If they'd been able to, maybe I wouldn't,” she said.
 
Virginia Kuehn looked outside when a reporter went to her house, but didn’t answer the door.
 
As for Roth, she'll wait to get her answers in court.

“They've got to be punished for it,” Roth said.

Kuehn and Jingling face 35 felony counts for criminal mistreatment and theft. They have pleaded not guilty.