GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The former nursing home workers accused of failing to do their job, leading to the freezing death of an 85-year-old woman, will plead to charges.
The pleas come nearly a year since Katheryn Brackett, an Alzheimer’s patient, died. Bracket was a resident at the Crystal Springs Peace Harbor senior facility on 68th Street in Gaines Township. She had only been there six weeks.
Brackett walked out the door about 11 p.m. the night of Oct. 26 and was found dead around 6 a.m. the next day. There was rain overnight and temperatures were in the upper 30s. An autopsy showed she died of hypothermia: Her body temperature when found was 71.6 degrees.
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