Central Florida nursing home resident beaten to death by 2nd resident, deputies say

A resident at a Central Florida nursing home told officials he had beaten to death another resident whose body was found in his room, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriffs deputies responded to a call around 2 a.m. Wednesday at the Gold Choice Assisted Living & Memory Care facility on North Old Kings Road in Palm Coast where they found the deceased woman in the room of another resident identified as 72-year-old Cliff Mody.

Deputies said Mody admitted to killing the woman.

Staff had called 911 telling the dispatch center also saying that Mody had told them he had beaten a woman to death in his room, deputies said.

When they arrived, they found her in Mody’s room with facial injuries, not breathing and unconscious, and she was soon pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, deputies said.

“This is an unfortunate situation for all families involved, especially the victim’s,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in a press release. “The Major Case Unit is still working the investigation and charges are pending. This is a  very sad outcome for the victim and her family and our thoughts and prayers are with her family.”

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