A California woman with dementia was reportedly found dead in the power plant stairwell at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital 11 days after checking herself out of a care facility located on the same campus. KNTV reported that the body of Ruby Andersen, 75, was found on the hospital’s campus Monday at 1 p.m. The …
The state of Wisconsin has fined a Sun Prairie assisted-living facility after an elderly resident with dementia was found frozen to death outside last year. WISC reported that Faith Gardens was fined $4,200 and was ordered to not accept any new residents after Alice L. McGaw, 84, was found dead behind a nearby business on …
An elderly couple reportedly died within hours of one another as the husband suffered a massive heart attack while outside and the wife froze to death trying to find him. The Canadian Press reported that Grant Triebner, 90, and Ada Triebner, 83, died near their farm in Ontario, Canada. Provincial police said they were called to …
An elderly couple allegedly caught with more than 60 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop reportedly told officers that they had planned to give it away as Christmas gifts. According to the York News-Times, York County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over Patrick Jiron, 80, Tuesday after he failed to signal and crossed the center line. Lieutenant Paul …
Update: Norcross police have located Carmela Bravo Cutler safe at a nearby hotel. “She did not appear lost or confused,” Norcross police Sergeant Eric Butynski told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cutler didn’t like the facility and decided to leave, according to police. Sergeant Butynski said she was taken back to the facility but is allowed to return to the hotel …
An investigation is underway after an elderly couple was reportedly found dead in a sweltering room at an Arizona retirement facility. Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies discovered the bodies of Keith and Connie Cox during a welfare check on Friday. Authorities believe their deaths were heat-related as air conditioning at the Apache Junction home appeared to be …
Thieves reportedly ransacked a California woman’s home as she attended the funeral for her husband of 66 years, according to CBS Los Angeles. Beverly Singer, 87, returned from the funeral home to find personal possessions, family heirlooms and jewels had all been stolen from the house she shared with Melvin Singer, her late husband. She believes …
