Three former employees of a shuttered Northern California alternative school each face an involuntary manslaughter charge after a 2018 incident in which a student with autism died after being restrained, a prosecutor says
Three ex-employees of a shuttered Northern California alternative school each face an involuntary manslaughter charge after a 2018 incident in which an autistic student died after being restrained, a prosecutor says.
Guiding Hands School Executive Director Cindy Keller, Principal Staranne Meyers and special education teacher Kimberly Wohlwend each face a charge of felony involuntary manslaughter, according to a Tuesday news release from the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office. They are scheduled to be arraigned late Wednesday afternoon. CNN is trying to contact the staffers and their attorneys.Guiding Hands School Inc.
West Virginia teacher and aides arrested over alleged child abuse 00:51The restraint left the boy unresponsive and he later died at University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, officials said.School staff restrained the student out of fear he might hurt others, the sheriff's office said in a statement released days after the boy's death. A teacher administered CPR after the boy became unresponsive, the statement said.
Man claims crew walked off flight over autistic brother's request 02:20"Current evidence supports a finding that GHS staff's actions were harmful to the health, welfare and safety of an individual with exceptional needs," the department said in December following its investigation.
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