SPOKANE — A 54-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder after reportedly trying to smother a patient at the Idaho State Veterans home.
Lewiston Police officers were called to the veterans home at about 8:15 a.m. after reports of a battery.
An investigation alleged that nursing staff interrupted Sandra McCarty while she was on top of a patient with her hands over his mouth, police wrote in a news release.
McCarty left the home before police arrived but was later detained. She was eventually arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder.
