Posted On: October 3, 2010 by David W. Terry

Nursing Home Resident Beats Roommate to Death

An eighty-one year old California nursing home resident has been arrested on suspicion of murder for reportedly beating his ninety-four year old roommmate to death.

The assault happened on October 1, 2010 at Palm Terrace Healthcare Center in Laguna Hills, California. Reportedly, William McDougall removed a bar used for hanging clothes in a closet and repeatedly hit his roommate, ninety-four year old Manh Ban Nguyen, in the head. Nguyen was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Officials continue to investigate the motive for the assault.