Bond was set at $500,000 Sunday for a West Side man accused of beating his nursing home roommate to death with a clock radio.
Fifty-year old Solomon Owasanoye was charged with first-degree murder on Saturday for the death of seventy-eight-year-old Ivory Jackson. After being in a coma since May 30th, Jackson sadly passed away June 23rd at 9:04 in the morning at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Jackson ultimately passed away due to “blunt head trauma from an assault, cranio-cerebral injuries and sepsis, and the death was ruled a homicide.” His attacker, Owasanoye who suffers from dementia, was his roommate.Â
The All Faith Pavilion (formerly William L. Dawson Nursing Home) on Giles has a history of problems, including public health violations, according to a release from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The Facility has currently paid at least $80,000 in fines since 2004 for “A” violations. They have been cited for neglecting patients, failing to properly instruct staff and several other behaviors that resulted in the “substantial probability that death or serious mental or physical harm will result.” Two deaths in the home were linked to neglect.
The first sign of trouble detected by the staff in this situation was after the fact. Staff members initially saw Owasanoye sitting outside his room with blood on his shoes and hands. Staff members then went into the room to find Jackson barely responsive and bleeding from his face and head. A bloody clock radio was found on the floor next to Jackson’s bed.
How is it possible that no one on the staff had any idea this was taking place? The patients at the facility need to be monitored much more closely to prevent incidents like this from happening in the future.
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