A former nursing home worker accused of body-slamming one 78-year-old woman and encouraging wheelchair-confined residents of a pricey assisted-living facility to fight was found guilty Thursday of torture and elder abuse.
Jurors deliberated for less than a day before convicting Cesar Ulloa.
"He attacked the most vulnerable people, and he laughed while doing it. This was sport for him," Deputy District Attorney Robin Allen with the Elder Abuse Unit said.
The Silverado Senior Living facility in Calabasas specializes in caring for people with dementia and charges $70,000 a year or more for care, prosecutors said.
Ulloa, 21, preyed on residents who were unable to tell anyone about the abuse because they suffered from dementia or other conditions, witnesses testified during the trial.
He came under suspicion after the 2007 death of Elmore Kittower. The day after his funeral, his widow got a telephone call from the mother of a worker at the home, who told her that her husband had been beaten to death.
The body was exhumed and found to have several broken bones. An autopsy concluded that he had been abused for months and blunt force trauma contributed to his death.
The jury convicted Ulloa of seven counts of elder abuse and one count of torture. He was also accused of jumping on the chest of the 78-year-old woman.
The retirement home has denied any wrongdoing.
Ulloa was fired from the facility for unrelated reasons and has been jailed since his arrest in 2008. He faces a life sentence when he's sentenced on May 26.
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All I can say after reading this is, Oh my God, Please give us the strength to continue our battle to protect the vulnerable!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Lou. This article had the same effect on me. God help us all!
ReplyDeleteI cannot find the words of outrage to express myself.
ReplyDeleteLife sentence is mandatory.
I think the staff at the Silverado Senior Living facility need to be criminally prosecuted and sentenced WITHOUT MERCY.
If they did not know what was going on, the torture, the killing then they need to be shut down immediately because they are dumber than dumb and lying.
I hope they get a truck load of lawsuits - they deserve it.
The retirement home denied any wrong doing? So that automatically means something?
ReplyDeleteThey were supposed to be watching this worker and listening to the residents' complaints!
The retirement home has denied any wrongdoing?
ReplyDeleteHow do they screen their help?
They should have been shut down!
Bet he won't get the life sentence he deserves.
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