"Police: Alzheimer’s patient, 87, kills roommate at facility" AP February 25, 2015
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — An 87-year-old Alzheimer’s patient faces a homicide charge after the deadly beating of a fellow resident at an assisted-living facility in suburban Denver.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that Homer Castor also was arrested on charges of crimes against an at-risk adult after the Saturday assault on 76-year-old Gerald Propp in the room they shared. Propp died late Monday.
Lakewood police officers were called to Atria Applewood after staff members heard yelling and screaming coming from one of the rooms. Officers found Propp lying severely injured in bed and Castor walking away from him, according to Castor’s arrest affidavit. Castor told officers he thought Propp had tried to beat him up in the middle of the night and was pretending to be asleep when he assaulted him.
A judge on Monday ordered an evaluation of Castor’s mental competency.
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