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Police Say Families Trusted Florida Nursing Home Staff, But 'That Trust Was Betrayed'

5:54pm August 27, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

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.

Police officers talk to an employee at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, Fla., in 2017. A number of patients died after the air conditioning stopped following Hurricane Irma, authorities said.

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Health & Safety

4 Former Staffers Face Charges Over Nursing Home Deaths After Hurricane Irma

4:18pm August 27, 2019

A dozen patients' deaths were ruled homicides. They died after Irma knocked out power to the air conditioning system at the South Florida center in 2017.

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