SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former caregiver charged in connection with the 2019 poisoning death of a developmentally disabled woman has been acquitted of felony assault. The Northwest News Network reports Fikirte T. Aseged mistakenly gave cleaning vinegar instead of colonoscopy prep medicine to her 64-year-old client Marion Wilson, Spokane County Superior Court Judge Harold Clarke rendered his verdict this week, saying that while Aseged’s actions met the definition of criminal negligence, he could not find the vinegar was wielded as a weapon — a requirement for conviction based on a prior Supreme Court finding. Aseged reportedly told state investigators she was rushing when she grabbed the bottle.
Caregiver acquitted in accidental vinegar death in Spokane
