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    A 68-year-old woman is in life-threatening condition in hospital after her son and daughter-in-law allegedly moved her into an uninsulated garage at a northeast Toronto home for much of the winter.

    Toronto police said Monday that officers responded to a call of elder abuse at a home near McCowan Road and Finch Avenue east last Wednesday morning.

    Officers found the woman "freezing to death" in a garage adjoining the home, said Const. Tony Vella.

    The woman, who was suffering from frostbite, was taken to hospital.

    She was not being given an appropriate amount of food, Vella said.

    Police allege she had been living in the space since November.

    They have determined she slept in a makeshift bed and used a washroom in the garage, Vella said.

    The son and daughter-in-law were charged Friday with failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

    He said the couple owned a two-storey home with "several" bedrooms.

    "Obviously there was plenty of room for the woman ... to reside in, but for whatever reason — that's what we're still trying to determine — she was told to live in the garage," Vella said.

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