BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is asking the
public for help in his investigation relating to the deaths of nursing home
residents transferred to a Waterbury Companies Inc’s warehouse in Independence
for Hurricane Ida.
"I encourage anyone with information regarding the
transfer, conditions, or deaths of nursing home residents in the Waterbury
warehouse to report it online at AGJeffLandry.com or by phone at
888-799-6885," said Attorney General Landry. "As we work to determine
the facts surrounding this tragedy, we appreciate any information you have that
may assist us in this investigation."
The Attorney General's plea for public assistance comes days after he announced that a team of
his investigators at the Louisiana Department of Justice launched a full
investigation to determine who decided to move the patients to the warehouse in
Independence, who authorized the patients be moved to that facility, who
oversaw the movement, who turned away state officials attempting to look into
the situation, and how exactly the deaths occurred.
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As this is an ongoing investigation, Attorney General
Landry will not be making any statements beyond what is in today's release and
in Friday's video announcement.