PDF: Nusing Home Homicide
Prosecutors may not be able to prove that a man accused of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a nursing home patient did anything directly to cause the fatal injuries.
A court document filed Jan. 7 reveals that the Hamilton County district attorney will seek to prove only that Walter Small, a former certified nursing assistant at the Health Center at Standifer Place, “failed to provide medical attention or seek out medical attention” for Robert A. Young.
Mr. Young, 33, was a ward of the state who suffered from severe cerebral palsy and was buried in a pauper’s grave for months after his 2007 death until authorities exhumed his body. The autopsy report indicates he died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Hamilton County Executive Assistant District Attorney Neal Pinkston did not respond Friday to questions regarding the newly filed court document.