Former Duke Energy executive chosen as DHEC leader
Catherine Heigel, a former Duke Energy executive and attorney, was unanimously chosen by the DHEC board to lead South Carolina’s health and environmental agency. She previously led Duke Energy South Carolina operations and has since worked in Greenville as a lawyer. The board aims to finalize a salary near 155000 and must await Senate confirmation.
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Neglected 82-year-old dies after six months in chair
In Greenville an 82-year-old woman died after six months in the same chair in a home with a strong odor. Prosecutors weigh charges against caregivers as the coroner ruled the death homicide by neglect. The woman shared the house with her sister and nephew. Firefighters noted leg indentations and bodily fluids on the chair.
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Sister describes Beam’s long chair-sitting death scene
Police report states Beam stayed in a bedroom chair for about six months and refused to eat shortly before death. Paramedics found her on the chair after she and a relative watched soap opera. She weighed about 200 pounds, not wearing pants, with legs bent. Cause of death cited as a blood clot in the lung with deep vein thrombosis and a kidney infection.
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