Nursing home workers sent photos on Snapchat mocking dead and living residents, cops say
Three nursing home employees were arrested after an investigation revealed they sent pictures and videos to each other mocking their patients, Oklahoma police said.
McKenzie Bolfa, 20; Aubrey Granata, 21; and Jade Williams, 21, were charged June 24 with elder abuse and conspiracy, court records show.
McClatchy News was unable to locate attorney information for any of the women.
The investigation began in April after someone who worked with the women at Golden Age Nursing Facility in Guthrie reported the abuse to police, KFOR reported.
McClatchy News reached out to Golden Age Nursing Facility July 8 for comment but did not immediately hear back.
The women, who are no longer employed at Golden Age, received a background check and training on patients’ rights and safety when they were hired, a spokesperson for the facility told The Oklahoman.
Guthrie Police Chief Don Sweger said the workers sent “inappropriate pictures of their patients,” including pictures of “deceased persons” and photos of the women “playing in pubic hair.”
Court records show the women also sent each other images of residents naked, using the bathroom and a dead patient with a Snapchat filter on their face, KOCO reported.
Another video showed a resident in a diaper with feces on his bed, sheets and socks, the Guthrie News Page reported, citing court records.
“It’s probably one of the saddest things,” Sweger said in an interview with KFOR.
“They had excuses for some of their behavior, but that didn’t really match up with the evidence that we had uncovered,” Sweger said.
Bolfa and Granata were released on $50,000 bonds, court records show.
Williams is currently being held at Logan County Detention Center on $50,000 bail.
Guthrie is about a 30-mile drive north from Oklahoma City.
The National Center on Elder Abuse provides resources for victims or people who suspect elder abuse is being committed.
