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Girl, 16, dies during restraint at an already-troubled hospital
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Hospital death

Girl, 16, dies during restraint at an already-troubled hospital

  • BY BLYTHE BERNHARD • > 314-340-8129 AND JEREMY KOHLER • > 314-340-8337 ©2010, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • Aug 1, 2010
  • Aug 1, 2010
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