Unexplained cause of death - Death of 86-year-old in retirement home - cause still unclear
After the death of an 86-year-old woman in a nursing home in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, the cause of death could not be determined despite an autopsy. In order to further investigate, a toxicological examination was ordered by the spokesperson of the Frankenthal Public Prosecutor's Office. No indications of "mechanical external influence" were found during the autopsy on Monday. Currently, the Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating against a caregiver. The focus of the investigation is a possible erroneous treatment.
The house doctor of the 86-year-old woman had discovered an undetermined cause of death after her death in the night to Saturday. According to initial investigations by the criminal police and the Public Prosecutor's Office, there were indications of erroneous treatment. The toxicological examination is expected to last several weeks.
The autopsy conducted on the woman revealed an unidentified cause of death, prompting the Public Prosecutor's Office in Rhineland-Palatinate, specifically in Frankenthal, to order a toxicological examination. Despite findings of no mechanical external influence during the autopsy, suspicion of negligent treatment against a caregiver has arisen, with the public prosecutor's office in Neustadt an der Weinstraße leading the investigation. The results of the toxicological examination could potentially provide the key to unraveling the woman's death in this nursing home in Rhineland-Palatinate.
