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The folded washcloth that smothered a resident and started the inquiry
A folded washcloth in a Walker nursing home room, a night shift, and five elderly women dead-how did that folded washcloth expose them?
The folded washcloth that smothered a resident and started the inquiry
In this episode, we lay out the moments, people, and routines inside Alpine Manor that preceded an investigation into five deaths in 1987. We describe who worked the shifts, which residents were vulnerable, and what finally pushed someone to tell the police.
Location: Walker, Michigan
Facility: Alpine Manor nursing home
Period: Spring 1987-1988
Persons: Gwendolyn Graham; Catherine Wood…
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