Prosecutors are seeking a felony charges against a nursing aide working at The Arbor of Itasca Nursing Home in Itasca, Illinois, for criminal neglect and obstructing justice. The nursing aide did not investigate when a door alarm sounded because she was watching television. An 89 year old resident with dementia triggering the alarm when she wandered outside into a courtyard area. She was found dead after being outside in frigid temperatures for 90 minutes or longer.

As many as four nursing home workers tried to cover up the resident's cause of death and made it look like she died while in bed. The nursing staff returned the resident's body to her bed and changed her clothes.

The resident's family filed a lawsuit to hold the nursing home accountable.