Coval Gann, 82, of Chillicothe, Missouri, died at Hedrick Medical Center on March 30, 2002, after what family members later described as a sudden crisis in a place that was supposed to be safe. In court filings the family alleged respiratory therapist Jennifer Hall administered an intentionally lethal dose of succinylcholine and/or insulin and/or other medication, and that the event unfolded as a rapid code blue emergency.

Hospital staff reported an unusual cluster of abrupt cardiac-collapse emergencies during the months Hall worked there, with accounts linking the pattern to her repeated proximity to those crises and to her role in discovering and reporting them. Families pursued civil lawsuits that encountered statute-of-limitations obstacles, while homicide investigators continued reviewing the period of suspicious deaths.

Investigators charged Hall in connection with deaths from that 2002 window; charges in Gann’s death were filed as first-degree involuntary manslaughter. Hall later pleaded guilty to manslaughter counts and an attempted-assault count, and was sentenced. Does anyone have information about Gann’s time at Hedrick or memories of conditions there in 2002?