A worker at Atria Walnut Creek has been charged with a felony complaint in the poisoning death of 94-year-old Constantine Canoun.
NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit first reported on the dementia resident’s August 31st death after the company admitted its staff at their San Mateo location accidentally poisoned two other dementia residents.
In the Walnut Creek case, 54-year-old Lateshia Sherise Starling of San Pablo faces one count of elder or dependent adult abuse, resulting in Canoun’s death. The complaint against Starling states while having care and custody of Canoun, she “willfully caused and permitted him to be placed in a situation in which his health was endangered and knew