Assisted Living Facility Worker Charged in Death of 77-Year-Old Iowa Woman Who Froze Outside

Awoman working at an assisted living facility in Iowa has been arrested after a 77-year-old woman in her care froze to death outside.

Catherine Forkpa, 30, has been charged with dependent adult abuse and intentional reckless abuse in the January death of Lynne Harriet Stewart {snip}

Catherine Fokpa

Lynne Harriet Stewart

Forkpa was working at Courtyard Estates in Bondurant when Stewart was found outside in temperatures as low as -9º. Stewart was rushed to the hospital, where she died. {snip}

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