Edith Cook was 98 when she died at Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Walker, Michigan, on January 16, 1987. Her death was initially recorded as caused by coronary artery disease, but later investigation determined she was one of several elderly patients killed at the facility.

In December 1988 two former nurse’s aides, Gwendolyn Graham, then 25, and Catherine Wood, 26, were arrested after Wood’s ex-husband went to police. Wood implicated Graham and claimed the pair had killed multiple residents; Wood said Graham suffocated at least five elderly female patients, including Edith, while Wood acted as a lookout. Wood accepted a plea deal and testified against Graham. The jury convicted Graham of five counts of murder and one count of conspiracy; she received five life sentences. Wood pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 to 40 years.

What additional information do readers have about Edith Cook’s life at Alpine Manor or about potential witnesses from that time?