Woman, 84, Died After Being Left Alone in Cold on Christmas Eve: Reports

An 84-year-old girl reportedly died on Christmas Eve after she remained outdoors her nursing house in Ohio as a result of nurses thought she had left within the care of her brother.

On Dec. 24, Alvera Meuti, of Warrensville Heights, went lacking for over 10 hours from the Avenue at Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center, per native station WOIO.

She was later found mendacity on her again on an outside patio, in response to the Warrensville Heights Police Department (WHPD), reported WOIO.

Meuti was pronounced lifeless at 8:57 a.m. native time the identical day after she had been taken to South Pointe Hospital, the outlet added.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday, Jan. 10 that she died from “environmental publicity with hypothermia.”

WKYC said that Meuti had final been seen in her room by a nurse at roughly 8:40 p.m. native time on Dec. 23, with the workers member telling police she “appeared regular” whereas sitting in her wheelchair and speaking, per the outlet.

When one other nurse went to verify on Meuti at 9:30 p.m. that day, she wasn’t in her room. The workers member in query reportedly instructed police that she assumed that she had “left the ability together with her brother,” the publication reported.

The nurse additionally said that she had unsuccessfully known as Meuti’s brother a number of occasions at 12:36 a.m. on Christmas Eve, and instructed police that she was “a new nurse and was not sure what to do after that,” per WOIO.

After the workers member instructed a co-worker round 6:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve, a “code purple” — which is when hospital rooms and outdoors the constructing are checked — was despatched out, police said, in response to the outlet.

The girl’s brother then reportedly responded to the calls and instructed police that he’d visited her round 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 23, and he or she’d stated she wished to go away the ability. He added that she wasn’t ready to take action on the time as a result of she was unable to correctly stroll, per WOIO.

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WJW reported that police had been known as to the ability at roughly 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 24 and located the lady “outdoors in a nook of the patio.” She was unresponsive and brought to hospital, the place she was pronounced lifeless.

“We are sorry for death of the resident and have expressed our condolences to the family,” Avenue Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center said in a statement, per WJW. “This continues to be an active investigation and therefore we are unable to comment further at this time,”

Officials on the house reportedly instructed police that nurses are required to verify on sufferers each two hours, per WKYC. Meuti had been below the ability’s care since being transferred from Cleveland Clinic — Marymount Hospital to obtain bodily remedy on Dec. 18, the outlet added.

Avenue Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center and the Warrensville Heights Police Department did not instantly reply when contacted by PEOPLE for remark.