Worker charged in Ohio group home resident’s death

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CINCINNATI (AP) — A care provider has been charged with
murder in the death of a southwestern Ohio group home resident who had
Down Syndrome and cerebral palsy.
Hamilton County Prosecutor
Joseph Deters says Janice Cooper was indicted Thursday on charges of
murder, voluntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the 2013 death
of 52-year-old James Zito.
Court records don’t list an attorney
for the 55-year-old Woodlawn woman, who worked at a group home in the
Cincinnati suburb of Mount Healthy.
The county coroner ruled
Zito’s death a homicide from blunt force trauma. The prosecutor didn’t
specify what caused Zito’s injuries.
Deters says Zito functioned at the level of a 2-year-old child.
Cooper could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted on all the charges against her.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A care provider has been charged with
murder in the death of a southwestern Ohio group home resident who had
Down Syndrome and cerebral palsy.
Hamilton County Prosecutor
Joseph Deters says Janice Cooper was indicted Thursday on charges of
murder, voluntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the 2013 death
of 52-year-old James Zito.
Court records don’t list an attorney
for the 55-year-old Woodlawn woman, who worked at a group home in the
Cincinnati suburb of Mount Healthy.
The county coroner ruled
Zito’s death a homicide from blunt force trauma. The prosecutor didn’t
specify what caused Zito’s injuries.
Deters says Zito functioned at the level of a 2-year-old child.
Cooper could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted on all the charges against her.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.

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