JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Simpson County caregiver has been arrested on a charge of culpable negligence manslaughter involving the death of a patient.
Attorney General Jim Hood, in a news release, said his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigators arrested 56-year-old Rebecca Walker, of Pinola, last week following an indictment by the Simpson County grand jury.
If convicted, Walker faces up 20 years behind bars. It was not known if she has an attorney.
WDAM-TV reports (https://bit.ly/1d4PaCU) Walker was indicted for allegedly pushing a patient, suffering from severe mental health disabilities, to the floor during an altercation at a personal care home where she worked.
The indictment accuses Walker of pinning the victim to the floor and then applying enough force to the back of the victim’s neck to cause his death by asphyxiation.
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Information from: WDAM-TV, https://www.wdam.com
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