Personal Care Home Death Ruled A Homicide

WHITEHALL, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say the death of an elderly resident of an eastern Pennsylvania care home has been ruled a homicide, but no charges will be filed. The Lehigh County medical examiner’s office said Wednesday that 89-year-old Frank Schwartz died in January, 40 days after the attack early Dec. 15 at Whitehall Manor. Officials said his injuries were “consistent with him being struck with an object.” District Attorney Jim Martin said Schwartz was likely attacked by a fellow resident in the dementia care unit, but that would be difficult to probe and the person believed responsible would probably never be deemed competent for trial.