Second Body Found at Illinois Nursing Home
By nursing-home-lawyer | April 21, 2007
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Authorities exhumed a second body early this morning as part of an ongoing investigating into as many as six suspicious deaths at a McHenry County nursing home.The body, not immediately identified by authorities, was removed from the McHenry County Memorial Park in Woodstock as Illinois State Police investigators and local law enforcement officials stood by.
McHenry County Coroner Marlene Lantz said an autopsy will be conducted Monday and then the body will be returned to the cemetery.
“I wouldn’t call it a typical autopsy, but there will be an autopsy and samples will be taken,†she said.
Lantz declined to say who was present at the exhumation, but said the deceased’s family was aware of it and authorized it.
The exhumation is the second of three that investigators planned to conduct as part of an inquiry into allegations of mercy killings at the Woodstock Residence, a 115-bed nursing facility in Woodstock.
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Topics: IDPH, Illinois Nursing Home Violations |
