“He finally misplaced his life, we consider due to the accidents that was occurred on that evening,” Allen Stroy mentioned.
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — A Washington D.C. household is hoping for solutions after they are saying their father was brutally overwhelmed at a nursing residence within the District.
Allen Stroy instructed WUSA9 in an interview that his father Dennis Stroy, 80, was attacked whereas residing on the Deanwood Rehabilitation and Wellness Middle, positioned in Northeast. Greater than a month after the assault, Dennis Stroy Jr. died from his accidents on March 20.
Based on a Metropolitan Police Division report obtained by WUSA9, officers have been known as on Feb. 21 round 3:30 a.m. to the nursing residence, positioned on Helen Burroughs Avenue.
Dennis Stroy Jr. was taken to the hospital at 3 a.m., Allen Stroy mentioned.
“The docs really assume his accidents occurred possibly about 4 hours prior. The docs assume it occurred round 11 p.m. [to midnight on Feb. 20],” Allen Stroy mentioned.
Police data say Dennis Stroy Jr. was discovered with accidents to his head and face and was unable to inform officers what occurred.
Dennis Stroy Jr.’s son mentioned his father was on a ventilator and his cranium was “cracked open in a number of locations”; there was additionally blood on his mind and at the least 4 bones in his face have been damaged.
Allen Stroy mentioned his father had a “main blood clot in his neck” which prevented him from consuming. His jaw and ear have been additionally visibly injured, Allen Stroy mentioned.
Dennis Stroy Jr.’s household nonetheless has so many questions on their father’s assault and loss of life.
“My father by no means communicated with us since his accidents. He may transfer. He would open his eyes, each from time to time, however he by no means communicated ever once more since he was injured,” Stroy mentioned.
Based on discharge paperwork from the middle that Allen Stroy shared with WUSA9, a social employee at Deanwood reported Dennis Stroy Jr. was bleeding from his ear, however none of his different accidents have been included. Allen Stroy mentioned when he spoke to the workforce at Deanwood, he was given conflicting info.
“The second report was one other nurse, and I consider it was one other shift, that mentioned there was some sort of altercation with a roommate and because of this he was injured and so they known as the ambulance. We consider there was against the law dedicated. We all know that it needs to be confirmed, however we consider that my father would nonetheless be residing had not even been attacked in his residence,” Stroy mentioned.
WUSA9 reached out to Deanwood Rehabilitation and Wellness Middle a number of instances this week by telephone and electronic mail to ask them about this alleged assault and to get some readability on what occurred. A response was not but acquired by the point this story was revealed.
In a press release, MPD mentioned they’re “[i]nvestigating Mr. Stroy’s loss of life and assault,” however they’re awaiting his official reason for loss of life from the Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner and it’s too early to find out if somebody, and who that somebody is, will face prices.
“Irrespective of who attacked him, he was attacked, brutally attacked and he nearly misplaced his life that evening however he finally misplaced his life we consider due to the accidents that was occurred on that evening,” Stroy mentioned.
Dennis Stroy Jr. turned 80 per week earlier than the alleged assault and celebrated his birthday with household, dancing along with his grandchildren.
Allen Stroy mentioned his father lived a full and artistic life, sculpting wooden throughout Washington, D.C. It was heartbreaking to see items of his father carved away in his closing moments of life.
“We need to know what occurred, and the way they allowed it to occur. And what they are going to do about stopping it from occurring to another person. I simply wished that I used to be able to caring for him myself,” Allen Stroy mentioned.
