Washington Nursing Home Resident Found Dead Outside
Ninety-five year old Helen Jensen was found dead outside Wesley Homes Health Care Center in Des Moines, Washington.
Ms. Jensen was last seen by facility staff around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, December 7, 2009. Three hours later, police were summoned after facility staff could not locate Ms. Jensen. Security camera footage revealed the elderly woman left the facility by its main door around 11:45 p.m. Four hours after she disappeared, Ms. Jensen was found lying on her back approximately 100 yards away in the garden of Wesley Terrace, a neighboring facility. Her wheelchair was just a few feet away, one of the wheels off of the main path.
Ms. Jensen did not have a history of wandering, yet earlier that evening she had been found in a different wing of the facility and escorted back to her room.
The King County Medical Examiner's Office has not yet officially determined the cause of death.
