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Jurors to visit scene of death at former nursing home
Saturday, January 20, 2007

Jurors on Monday will visit a building in Robinson that once housed the nursing home where resident Mabel Taylor died after she was trapped overnight in a fenced outdoor courtyard in 2001.

Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge David R. Cashman yesterday told jurors they will visit the site of the defunct Ronald Reagan Atrium I Nursing, Research and Rehabilitation Center off Campbells Run Road.

The visit is part of the ongoing trial of Atrium and its former administrator, Martha F. Bell, 60, of West Mifflin.

Mrs. Bell and Atrium are charged with neglect of a care-dependent person, involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the death of Mrs. Taylor, 88.

Mrs. Bell also is charged with conspiring to cover up the circumstances of Mrs. Taylor's death, and theft of payroll.

Atrium was closed by the state in January 2004 and the building was sold. It now is operated by The Bradley Center as a residential treatment facility for children with disabilities.

First published on January 20, 2007 at 12:00 am
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