Unreported Abuse Legal Consequences

Summary

The user alleges unreported abuse and suspicious death of a vulnerable adult in a nursing home in Florida. They claim to have a recording of a manager encouraging the abuse. The user also alleges that the local police department, Department of Children and Families, nursing home, and hospital failed to report the incident to the medical examiner. The user is seeking legal advice on how to file criminal and civil charges.

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Professional mandatory reporting of abuse of vulnerable adult and suspicious death never reported to the medical examiner by DCF local police department nursing home and the hospital never reported to the medical term to determine the cause of death can you write in summary of what laws have been broken and how to file charges
What is your location, ****? Laws regarding mandatory reporting of abuse and suspicious death vary by state.
Orlando Florida
What is your relationship to the vulnerable adult in question?

In Florida, failure to report abuse of a vulnerable adult is a third-degree felony. You can report to Florida Department of Children and Families.
Caregiver to but now deceased murdered vulnerable adult
What evidence do you have to support your claim of abuse and suspicious death? In Florida, you can report suspected abuse to the Florida Department of Children and Families or local law enforcement.
Cell phone recording of the manager telling the abuser she has to be beaten in the face then she got to go for telling
What is the exact content of the cell phone recording? It's crucial to understand the context and the individuals involved.
Manager identifies Regional investigator when she had just talked to and stated his name as the man that I had reported abuse to and told the abuser he thought it was Roberto not the abuser so she misled him and never told him the truth I told the abuser and then watch him beat her in the face and the recording you can clearly hear him saying I'm going to beat you in the face and the manager calling her a bitch and this bitch got to go I can testify to the regional investigator that I spoke with and I'm sure he can testify that he spoke with her and what is said on the tape and she repeated his name and that he had the wrong person and she was going to be the vulnerable adult for telling me to punch her in the face he started punching her in the face as she overseen and encouraged him on
Who else is aware of this incident and have they been willing to provide any form of support or testimony?
Front desk receptionist and RN nurse from UCF who work on and shift in February 2nd * and I spoke with her on the phone
What did the front desk receptionist and RN nurse from UCF say when you spoke with them about the incident?
They both were aware of the abuse but would not reported
What steps have you taken so far to report this incident?
Police Department is part of the cover up it's now homicide investigation and they refuse to investigate or report that medical is along with DCF fail to report to the medical examiner nursing home or the abuse happened failed to report to the medical exam s and the hospital where they pronounced it did and was reported for abuse was allowed to sign her death certificate even though they were cited for abuse
What actions did the hospital take after the death was pronounced? In Florida, hospitals are required to report deaths that are suspicious or result from abuse to the medical examiner.
They help nursing home cover up abuse by not doing an autopsy and sending her body straight to the Undertaker
What is the name of the nursing home and hospital involved in this case?
What is the name of the attorney that's going to represent me if you want to know all of that
As a legal information service, we don't provide attorney representation. However, we can help you find a local attorney. Can you specify the type of attorney you're looking for?
An attorney to handle what I just told you did you hear anything that I said
What type of legal action are you looking to pursue? Criminal charges, a civil lawsuit, or both?
Both
What is the name of the nursing home and hospital involved in this case?
Both in small town helping cover up murder
What is the name of the small town where the nursing home and hospital are located?
I want to speak to an attorney it's outside of Orlando Florida
What is the name of the nursing home and hospital involved in this case?
Still haven't told me the name of an attorney that can help both criminally and silver charges being filed and mandatory reporting loss unreported to the medical examiner under the medical examiner Act who can't file these charges for me
I'm sorry, but as a legal information service, we don't provide attorney representation. However, you can contact the Florida Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service at *-*-*-* for assistance.