A 96-year-old woman's death wouldn't typically garner headlines, but a case out of Hanover, Pa., is an exception. Mary Stoner died last February due to complications from sepsis that arose after a bed bug infestation, and her caretaker, Deborah Butler, has now been charged in Stoner's death, the Evening Sun reports. Butler, 72, once ran a licensed home care facility; when she shut it down, Stoner and another elderly woman started living with Butler at Butler's own home and paying Butler as their caretaker.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Monday, February 27, 2017, 5:07 PM A Pennsylvania caretaker has been charged with slaying an elderly woman who died after a bed bug infestation. Mary Stoner, a 96-year-old in rural West Manheim Township, died last year from sepsis stemming from a massive insect problem at the home where she was staying, according to an autopsy. Prosecutors charging her caretaker, 72-year-old Deborah Butler, with neglect and involuntary manslaughter say that officers visited the house last Febru

Steve Brown, WGRZ 8:54 PM. EST February 27, 2017 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- One of the oldest public housing projects in the country is Kenfield-Langfield in Buffalo. The sprawling property has one quarter of all of the public housing units managed by the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority. It also has the largest number of bed bug complains from residents. The bed bugs are so bad children and people are getting bitten on their face. Theyre in their clothes. They dont have room to hidebecause there's so many of them, s

USA Today Network Gordon Rago, York (Pa.) Daily Record 3:40 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2017 West Manheim Township Police say a 96-year-old woman died as a result of "complications of sepsis following a bed bug infestation" at this home on Baltimore Pike, seen on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.(Photo: Lindsey Welling/ The Evening Sun) A Pennsylvania woman died last year from bedbug bite complications. The insects had invaded the care facility where she was housed. Now, the woman's 72-year-old

USA Today Network Gordon Rago, York (Pa.) Daily Record 12:40 p.m. PT Feb. 25, 2017 West Manheim Township Police say a 96-year-old woman died as a result of "complications of sepsis following a bed bug infestation" at this home on Baltimore Pike, seen on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.(Photo: Lindsey Welling/ The Evening Sun) A Pennsylvania woman died last year from bedbug bite complications. The insects had invaded the care facility where she was housed. Now, the woman's 72-year-old

West Manheim Township Police say a 96-year-old woman died as a result of "complications of sepsis followed by bed bug infestation" at this home on Baltimore Pike, seen on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.(Photo: Lindsey Welling/ The Evening Sun)Buy Photo Last February, West Manheim Township Police entered a home on Baltimore Pike and one of the first things they noticed were the bed bugs. The pests were seen on walls and along ledges. They scurried on the bed sheets andpillow where

CU Boulder Facilities Management and Environmental Health and Safety staff this month have treated one classroom in the Fleming Law building and one in Koelbel Building for the possible presence of bed bugs. These events present an opportunity for the campus to not only create awareness around an issue that has in recent years become an increasing problem for universities and other facilities across the country but also to inform students and employees about treatment methods CU Boulder uses and available resour

Eric Braun During the summer months, many industries become increasingly concerned with potential bed bug infestations. The uptick in travel in the U.S. during this time is a key driver for spreading infestations, as travelers frequently pick up and/or leave bed bugs behind during hotel stays. Those in the long-term care industry don't have the luxury of this shortened exposure period. Regular resident turnover throughout the year means there's a persistent threat of bed bugs and/or their eggs hitchhiking in

Monroe County Housing Authority says its a chronic condition. The Westgate apartments have gone through another series of treatments after a rash of bed bugs were found in about a dozen units, management said. Employees of pest control company Orkin were at the Stroudsburg Main Street apartment building Tuesday afternoon to complete a two-step treatment of bed bugs found in a dozen units with another few neighboring units also receiving treatment, Monroe County Housing Authority executive director Rich Widdoss s

Some tenants at Bradley Arms Apartments in downtown Killeen are complaining that the apartment managements effort to rid the complex of bed bugs is causing hardships on families who live there. We have to sit out here for 12 hours, said Emma Jones, 39, who lives in the apartment complex on North Eighth Street with her three children, ages 12, 13 and 19. Jones said the management company Isbell Property Management gave tenants about a weeks notice before the pest control action began, but the mother and he

If you use public transportation in Chicago, you might want to avoid the Red Line for a while. A Chicago transit rider named Michael Moore (no, not that one) recently spotted hundreds and hundreds of tiny insects which he believes were bed bugs in a fellow passengers bag. THE BEST WAY TO SEARCH A HOTEL FOR BED BUGS Moore was riding on a downtown-bound train when he noticed the insects inside a nearby garbage bag, which was brought on-board by a homeless woman, he alleges. Moore then notified the conduc

By Glenn M. ParrishBooneville Democrat editor BOONEVILLE Booneville Schools Superintendent John Parrish confirmed bed bugswere discovered at the schools elementary school, which houses grades 1-6, and the school had been treated for the problem. In January, the Extension Service confirmed bed bugs had been reported in Booneville and New Blaine in Logan County. Parrish said the school would undergo treatment for bed bugs by a professional exterminator last Friday after regular school hours. School remained in s

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Awoke around 6 am on Sunday morning saw a bug on my tee shirt that I was wearing thought it was a tick went to the sink to brush it on counter it was hard to get off so I got a cup and my credit card ... Uploaded live video on youtube. We reserved 2 rooms for 5 of us plus our 2 dogs. Room 134 was worse than 132. One bug was found on top of bedspread in 134. Didn't know it was a bed bug at the time. Ly... There were cigerette burns on the bed spre