CHARLESTON, S.C. — A nursing home in South Carolina is being sued after a 90-year-old woman walked away from the facility last year and was killed by an alligator.
The lawsuit filed this week seeks damages of more than $10,000. The lawsuit says Bonnie Walker walked away from Brookdale Senior Living center shortly after midnight July 27, but employees didn't discover that she was missing until seven hours later.
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(Bonnie Walker)
Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten says investigators think Walker slipped or fell into a pond and an alligator attacked her.
The suit was filed by Walker's granddaughter, Stephanie Walker Weaver. It says Brookdale failed to adequately monitor Walker or conduct a timely search.
Brookdale didn't immediately respond to a telephone message seeking comment.
Associated Press
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