“We were surprised by that,” says Claudia Hutton with the New York Health Department. “You call the police as soon as you realize someone is missing.” Federal regulations state that the facility must report persons who have been missing for more than 24 hours.

Constable was a resident of Lakeside Manor Home for Adults, a facility that allows residents to come and go as they please. Residents there must be able to function on their own at a basic level but may require assistance with some tasks.

A therapist discovered Constable was missing when Constable was not at the home for a regular therapy session. The police are actively searching for Constable. They won’t say what condition Constable suffers from; however, they do not believe he is in imminent danger.

People who live near the home have made several complaints saying the residents of the home are publicly drunk, urinate on lawns and litter the area with cigarette butts and trash. Many neighbors don’t blame the residents of the home, but the staff there for not keeping up the property.

“It’s the staff; they’re just nasty, miserable people. They don’t care,” says neighbor Anthony Caccamo.

A representative from the health department says the facility likely won’t face more than a citation.

SOURCE: Nursing Home Abuse › Man wanders away from assisted living facility

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It was the last time anyone saw her alive.

Last week, police investigators discovered Penny’s severely decomposed remains, wrapped in blankets and industrial plastic, in the truck of Timothy’s car. The coroner suspects she had been dead for two years, according to the Associated Press.

Police in Georgetown believe that Timothy moved Penny into his apartment with his 8-year-old son. Last month, police visited Timothy’s home as part of a child welfare case. The boy was later removed from the home after social service workers discovered deplorable living conditions, such as human feces on the floor.

During the investigation, the boy told police he was never allowed in his aunt’s bedroom. Police went to Timothy’s home but Timothy had gone missing and Penny was nowhere to be found. After being contacted by police, another relative filed a missing person report. Shortly after, Timothy’s car was found with Penny’s mummified body in the trunk.

Police believe Penny died shortly after leaving the nursing home and that Timothy may have stored her body in his apartment for two years, cashing her monthly social security disability checks. According to the story, Penny’s body was “wrapped in quilts and then the quilts were wrapped in construction-grade plastic to make it more of an air-tight package, and then placed in the back of his car, in the trunk,” said county coroner John Goble.

The state medical examiner says determining a cause of death will be difficult if not impossible, given her decomposed state.

Timothy is still at large. He is described as a 6-foot tall, 230-to-250-pound white male with blue eyes and blond hair. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Timothy should call Georgetown police at (502) 863-7826.

SOURCE: Nursing Home Abuse › Body of former nursing home patient found in brother’s trunk

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