No charges were filed in this case. Meanwhile, people who *don't* need to be in the hospital are being held in psych wards against their and their family's will.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/28/iowa-navy-veteran-abandoned/4960353/
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/28/iowa-navy-veteran-abandoned/4960353/
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ONAWA, Iowa — A seriously ill, disabled Navy veteran was evicted from an Iowa nursing home for failure to pay his bill then was dropped off at an unfurnished apartment with no food, medication or phone.
John Chedester, 65, was suffering from a life-threatening blood infection, congestive heart failure, insulin-dependent diabetes and other ailments when he was dropped off Nov. 1, alone, at an apartment building 20 miles away in Mapleton, Iowa, according to state and county records.