Harper Lee elder abuse allegations declared 'unfounded' by Alabama

State closes investigation into allegations that the 88-year-old author was a victim of abuse in connection to the publication of her upcoming novelThe state of Alabama has closed an investigation into allegations that the novelist Harper Lee, 88, was a victim of elder abuse in connection with the planned publication of a new novel bearing her name.The state department of human resources has declared the allegations to be unfounded, according to a report that appeared first in the Wall Street Jo