No criminal charges filed in homicide of resident
The May 4 death of a local nursing home patient has been ruled a homicide. However, no criminal charges will be filed in the case. Elsie Powell is suspected of pushing Edna Shaw to the floor at Encore Senior Village on University Parkway. Shaw hit her head on the floor. Both were residents at a nursing home. The Medical Examiners Office ruled that the blunt impact to Shaw’s head contributed to her death and ruled the death a homicide, the report said.
Powell’s condition has continued to deteriorate, Assistant State Attorney David Rimmer wrote in the report. “It is doubtful that she was even mentally competent when the incident occurred,” Rimmer wrote. “Therefore, in my opinion, no criminal charge should be filed against her for the unfortunate death of Miss Edna Shaw.”
