PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A Port Angeles caregiver has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a 95-year-old man from gangrene.
The Peninsula Daily News reports 54-year-old Laurie M. Morehead pleaded not guilty Thursday in Clallam County Superior Court and had her trial scheduled for Feb. 7.
Court documents say an infection from a neglected elbow wound caused the death in July of Robert Phelps. He injured the elbow in a fall and when he had emergency surgery three days later the doctor found dead tissue, dirt, gravel, grass and other debris in the wound.
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Information from: Peninsula Daily News, http://www.peninsuladailynews.com
