A worker charged in the death of a 94-year-old Walnut Creek assisted living resident was set to make her first court appearance Monday.
In a story NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit broke, Lateshia Starling is charged with elder abuse after a resident of Atria Walnut Creek Senior Living drank cleaning chemicals left out by the worker in August. The patient, Constantine Canoun, 94, later died.
The company insisted for months to NBC Bay Area and the family that the medical emergency was food-related, namely that Calhoun died after eating Hot Cheetos.
But the Investigative Unit obtained the coroner’s report, which confirmed Calhoun ingested a cleaning solvent.
Two other residents