A teenage employee has been charged with homicide after a autopsy confirmed a 70-year-old aged-care resident had been strangled in Western Australia.
Monica Stockdale, a resident on the Baptistcare Bethel Residential Care in Albany, died on November 28.
Jacob Hoysted, a 19-year-old from Orana was taken into custody on Friday following a police investigation. He was charged along with her homicide on Saturday.
Police mentioned the circumstances surrounding the girl’s loss of life solely grew to become clear after a autopsy examination discovered she had died of strangulation.
Baptistcare mentioned the loss of life had shocked the neighborhood and it was working intently with the police.
“Baptistcare wish to specific their deepest condolences to the household and associates of Miss Monica Stockdale,” performing joint CEO Amanda Vivian mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.
“Her tragic loss of life has shocked everybody who lives and works at Baptistcare Bethel Residential Care in Albany in addition to the broader Nice Southern neighborhood.
“Our ideas and prayers are with all those that knew and liked Miss Stockdale.
Ms Vivian mentioned Baptistcare was bringing in specialist counselors to supply help for the neighborhood.
“Supporting our Bethel Residential Care residents, staff and their households by way of this troublesome time is our speedy precedence,” she mentioned.
Hoysted appeared within the Magistrates Court docket in Northbridge on Saturday.
-AAP
