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Katrina Nursing Home Owners Charged

Wednesday September 14, 2005
The owners of St Rits's nursing home in Chalmette near New Orleans have been charged with negligent homicide. 34 residents died when the owners decided not to move them following warnings about Hurricane Katrina that they should evacuate.
The 34 people died in the severe flooding following Hurricane Katrina. The inaction that lead to the 34 deaths is being blamed on husband and wife owners Mable B. Mangano and Salvador A. Mangano, Sr. For more information

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