A nurse has been charged after she allegedly cut a dying man's foot off so that she could put it on display at her family's taxidermy store. Mary K. Brown, a hospice nurse from Wisconsin was given the role to look after the man in his final days but instead reportedly chopped his foot off for her own personal benefit and left him in severe pain.
The sick woman who brutally amputated his frostbitten foot without his or a doctor's permission was charged with physical abuse of an elder person and intentionally causing great bodily harm and mayhem. The intent behind the 38 year old nurse's alleged twisted crime was to preserve the frostbitten foot and put it on display at her family's taxidermy shop, the Daily Star reports.
According to a criminal complaint, the woman apparently hacked off the dying victim's right foot May 27 without his approval or a doctor’s permission as she excitedly told a fellow nurse she was going to sickly exhibit it next to a sign saying ''wear your boots, kids''. A nurse who was present when Brown allegedly removed the man's foot said the helpless patient was moaning and squeezing her hand tightly.
According to the complaint, the man told another staff member after the amputation that he had felt the entire thing and was in agony. The victim was admitted to the Valley Health and Rehab Centre in Spring Valley in March for severe frostbite on both of his feet.
Unfortunately by the end of May, doctors informed him he was close to his death and that the tissue in his foot had died, meaning it was only held onto the rest of his leg by dead skin and tendons. Brown told police that she had the patient's best intentions in his mind as she removed his foot to make him feel more comfortable as she would have hoped someone would do for her if she was in his position.
Administrator and CEO of Spring Valley Senior Living and Health Care Kevin Larson has confirmed that Brown no longer works at the facility. They said: "We have and will continue to fully cooperate with the investigation into this matter.
The person identified is not employed with our community.” Brown's court trial will go ahead on December 6 and if convicted, each charge against her has a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
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