Nurse strangles visitor outside nursing home
The Seattle Times had a small blurb about Joseph Njonge, a former nursing assistant at the Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence in Federal Way, who is on trial for the March 2008 slaying of a woman who was leaving the facility after visiting her husband.
Njonge was arrested three weeks after Jane Britt was found strangled to death in the parking lot. Britt often visited the property twice daily to see her 77-year-old husband, Frank, who lived there. Britt was last seen leaving the building on the night of March 18. On March 19, her Mercedes-Benz was discovered in the nursing facility's parking lot, and her body was found in the trunk, according to documents. Investigators linked Njonge to the slaying through DNA found underneath Britt's fingernails. Britt's pocket was found turned inside out and her husband's Costco card was found in Njonge's wallet, according to charging papers.
If convicted, Njonge faces more than 20 years in prison.
Can you believe that these are th type of people that the nursing home industry hires to protect and care for our parents and grandparents?
