“My mom was petrified of the storm," said Karrie Wiecek.

Wiecek's mother, 74-year-old Marlene Lowry, was found dead inside her apartment at an Osceola County senior living community after Hurricane Irma on Sept. 12.

Her body was discovered in her bed by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

A redacted report listed the incident as an unattended death.

"My mom is gone," said Wiecek. "I can't get her back, but those people need assistance and they need a lot more support than their getting right now."

Lowry was described by her family as an independent woman.

That's why when she told her daughter Good Samaritan was going to help her prepare for Hurricane Irma by sandbagging around her doors, they respected her independence.

"She raised four kids on her own. She has nine grandkids. She was an amazing lady," said Wiecek. "She went through a lot of struggles in her life but she always stayed strong for all of us."

On Sept. 13, the day after Lowry died, Good Samaritan posted a Hurricane Irma update on their website, that read, in part "All of our residents and staff members are safe and accounted for."   

However, Wiecek said that was not the case.

"I would have gone and assisted and dragged my mom out that house," Wiecek said.

Meanwhile, inside the Good Samaritan Society Kissimmee Village, neighbors are dealing with a host off issues, including floodwaters inside and outside their apartments.

"At least in her place, there was about an inch of water. It has creeped up on her belongings. There is sewage and sludge outside," Wiecek said.

Neighbors are saddled with emotions about Lowry's death, while also juggling their own issues.

"But they were also feeling their own pain, not knowing who to call, what to do," said Lillian Williams, who has lived at Good Samaritan for nearly eight years. "Right now at this moment, I don't know what's going in my life, I'm 75 years old. I don't know what's going on in my life."

The Florida Department of Health said if the same level of contamination that was tested in the floodwaters of Good Samaritan were found on a public beach, they would have already shut it down.  

"If those reach 200, then we actually close that beach down until we get test results that show it comes down," said Bret Smith, who serves as the assistant administrator for the Florida Department of Health in Osceola County.

Wiecek knows there's nothing she can do to bring her mother back but she's worried about what will happen to senior citizens still living at Good Samaritan.

"I don't know what's going to happen next," Wiecek said. "My family wants closure and at this point we're never going to have total closure but at least we want to be able to get away from Good Samaritan but I'm just concerned about all those other people that are out there."

Lowry's family said they believe their mother had a heart attack.

However, because their mother worked for many years as a nurse, it was her final directive to not have an autopsy done.

Therefore the manner of death will be considered natural causes and will not be considered related to Hurricane Irma.

News 13 reached out to Good Samaritan Society Kissimmee Village.

No one has responded yet to our request for comment.