Death Antidepressants 15/07/2008 Pennsylvania Man Dies in Personal Care Home: Also Involved Alcohol: Owner of Home on Trial
 
 Summary:<br><br>Paragraphs 6 through 8 read:&nbsp; &quot;<strong>Eventually Anthony called 911 but it was too late.&quot;<br />&nbsp;<br />&quot;Also on the stand Monday was former deputy coroner Jim Zangaglia.&nbsp; He told the jury he immediately had questions about Hanks&#39; death.&nbsp; <u>Zangalgia ruled the death a homicide, and determined that a mixture of drugs and alcohol were to blame.&nbsp; He told the jury hanks had been dead for several hours before anyone called for help.&quot;<br />&nbsp;<br />&quot;Hanks was taking a number of medications including painkillers and <font size="3" color="#ff0000">anti-depressants.&quot;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></font></u></strong><font size="3"><a href="http://wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext/?cid=15421">http://wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext/?cid=15421<br /><br /></a>Personal Care Home Owner on Trial <br />Reported by: <em>Sean Dreher<br /><br />Monday, Jul 14, 2008 @06:03pm EST<br /><br /></em>EBENSBURG, CAMBRIA COUNTY --- Testimony is underway in the case of a former personal care home owner accused of doing nothing while one of his residents died. <br /><br />John Anthony is charged with neglect and manslaughter for the December 2006 death of Gregory Hanks.&nbsp; <br /><br /><ul><li>Several witnesses on the stand said Anthony ignored Hanks and let him die on the hallway floor instead of getting him the medical attention he needed. </li><li>Former resident Pamela Patton testified that on the night of December 21st, Hanks was out drinking.&nbsp; She says when he came home he had trouble standing up, and he could barely make it up the stairs to his bedroom.&nbsp; </li><li>According to Patton, Hanks fell down as soon as he reached the top of the stairs.&nbsp; Patton said she told Anthony what happened, but he said Hanks was just drunk and needed to sleep it off.<br /><br /></li><li>Patton said Hanks was breathing when she went to bed, but in the morning he was cold, clammy, and had no pulse.&nbsp; Eventually Anthony called 911 but it was too late. </li><li>Also on the stand Monday was former deputy coroner Jim Zangaglia.&nbsp; He told the jury he immediately had questions about Hanks&#39; death.&nbsp; Zangalgia ruled the death a homicide, and determined that a mixture of drugs and alcohol were to blame.&nbsp; He told the jury hanks had been dead for several hours before anyone called for help. </li><li>Hanks was taking a number of medications including painkillers and anti-depressants.&nbsp; Monday morning his pharmacist testified that it would have been highly unlikely that the medications alone could have killed him.&nbsp; </li><li>The pathologist who performed the autopsy on Hanks said he likely would still be alive had he been taken to the hospital instead of left on the floor. </li><li>Testimony resumes Tuesday morning. </li><li>&lt;&lt; Back <a href="http://wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext//phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1">Comment on this news story</a> </li></ul><img src="../wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext/images/clearpixel.html" alt="[]" width="530" height="1" /></font> 
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