September 13, 200521 yr "Owners of flooded St. Rita's Nursing Home charged with 34 counts of negligent homicide, Louisiana attorney general says"-CNN This is breaking news so no link yet. But apprently this person abandoned the home and left the elderly people there to die. This person should fry.
September 13, 200521 yr Author Here is the full story Nursing home owners face charges Couple charged with 34 counts of negligent homicide BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (CNN) -- The owners of St. Rita's Nursing Home in St. Bernard Parish, where 34 people drowned as Hurricane Katrina hit, have been charged with negligent homicide, Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti Jr. said Tuesday. "They did not die of natural causes; they drowned," Foti told reporters. "Thirty-four people drowned in a nursing home where they should have been evacuated." The attorney general said the home's owners -- Mable and Salvador Mangano Sr. -- surrendered Tuesday to Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigators in Baton Rouge, where they were charged with 34 counts of negligent homicide and jailed prior to posting bond. Each count carries up to five years in prison. "We feel we have criminal negligence," Foti said. "They did not follow the standards of care that a reasonable person would follow in a similar circumstance." (Watch the attorney general explain the charges -- 4:23) He said the owners had plenty of opportunity to move their charges out of the facility. The Manganos were asked if they wanted to evacuate the building and were offered buses; in addition, they had signed last April a contract with Acadian Ambulance to provide transportation in the event an evacuation was needed, Foti said, but "they were never called." Authorities in the parish east of New Orleans began retrieving the bodies of the 34 people from St. Rita's on Wednesday, nine days after the storm hit and a huge storm surge consumed the home. Foti said it was unclear all 34 bodies were patients, family members or people who had sought refuge in the home. Between 40 and 50 other people were rescued from the facility, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack Stevens said has said. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/13/katrina.impact/index.html
September 13, 200521 yr Author just saw that too. terrible... 943738[/snapback] They should run those sentences consecutively. Let these two rot in prison for the rest of their lives.
September 14, 200521 yr Author May have jumped on this prematurely. Apprently these two didnt leave the patients but stayed with them. They also felt the move would harm the patients. They also apparently had permission to stay from some of the patients guardians. But still...34 people dead. On another note, the attorney representing the couple was my trial advocacy professor this past spring.
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