Police Say Families Trusted Florida Nursing Home Staff, But 'That Trust Was Betrayed'
Former staffers face multiple counts of aggravated manslaughter. Some face charges of tampering. State officials ruled deaths of 12 patients at a nursing home after a 2017 hurricane were homicides.
by Brakkton Booker
Aug 27, 2019
2 minutes
Police in Hollywood, Fla., outlined criminal charges Tuesday against four former employees of a rehabilitation center, saying they were culpable in the deaths of a dozen patients nearly two years ago.
Those deaths came in the days after Hurricane Irma hit Florida in September 2017. The storm knocked out power to the air conditioning system at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. Officials say the patients died
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