Raymond H. McGivern, 86, died on December 29, 2002, after being admitted to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville with multiple, life-threatening conditions including prostate cancer, kidney failure and septic shock. His death later became part of a wider inquiry into patient care in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

Prosecutors later described allegations that a nurse, Coleen Thompson, attempted repeatedly to shut off the patient’s IV and then discussed covering up the action with another nurse, with reported statements indicating it was time for the patient to die. Those concerns prompted suspension by the Maryland nursing board and a criminal investigation after another nurse raised suspicions in mid-2003.

The criminal case that emerged did not proceed as a homicide prosecution. In March 2005 Thompson pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of second-degree abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults tied to five deaths, with sentencing in May 2005 that included mostly suspended terms—an outcome that left some relatives dissatisfied. Does anyone have information about McGivern’s final hospitalization or the hospital ICU during that period?