Assisted Living Employee Arrested After Elderly Woman Freezes to Death

A Michigan-based caregiver was apprehended on November 21 following the death of an 82-year-old resident in her care due to hypothermia amid a snowstorm. The caregiver, identified as 58-year-old Colleen Kelly O’Connor, is now facing charges of second-degree vulnerable adult abuse. The charges stem from allegations that O’Connor failed to prevent the resident, Lois Kathryn Cary, from venturing outside in perilous weather conditions. Cary was under the care of O’Connor at Vista Springs Imperial Park …

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