Joe McLeod, senior accused in care home assault, dies in hospital
A man with Alzheimer's disease, who was found unfit to stand trial in a 2011 seniors care home assault has died.
Joe McLeod, who was 70 at the time of the incident, assaulted 87-year-old Frank Alexander at the Parkview Place personal care home on Edmonton Street.
It is alleged that McLeod knocked Alexander down, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the floor. McLeod was charged with manslaughter, but was found unfit to stand trial after a psychiatric assessment.
McLeod, who was from Camperville, Man. died on Sunday in the Selkirk Mental Health Centre.
His daughter, Faye Jashyn says her father isn't suffering anymore—she said McLeod used to love fishing and spending time outdoors. He was married to his wife Rose for 52 years
"There was always some people who still look at him differently, but there were people who were very supportive of us, and knew that that wasn't my dad and it was just circumstance," Jashyn said.
Jashyn says it was hard to go back to normal after everything that had happened.
"There were some people out there who still felt it was a crime, so it was hard hearing both sides, they felt for both victims, but we always looked at my dad as a victim as well," she said.
Alexander's death caused the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority to launch an inquest into how Manitoba cares for patients with Alzheimer's.
