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Two O.D. Heck employees arrested for manslaughter
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February 16, 2007
By Curtis Schick
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was supposed to be a trip to the mall, but Jonathan Carey, 13, would
never get there. Police said the severely autistic boy suffocated
after an aide from the O.D. Heck Developmental Center restrained
him.
"It was very evident that what led
to the death was not a legitimate manuever or legitimate hold with
their training," said Colonie Police Chief Steven Heider.
Edwin Tirado, 35, and Nadeem Mall,
32, both of Schenectady, are charged with second degree
manslaughter.
Heider said they were taking Carey
and another boy on a day trip to Crossgates Mall when they stopped
at Hannaford so Mall could go to the ATM.
"It was between there and a Hess
Mart farther up Central Avenue when the injuries took place, and the
young male stopped breathing," said Heider.
Tirado and Mall then went shopping
at Mohawk Commons, where police said Tirado bought a videogame. The
two then drove to Schenectady to drop the game off at Tirado's home,
and all this occurred while Carey was in the back of the van. Heider
said Tirado and Mall waited an hour-and-a-half before calling for
help.
 Steven
Heider "There is a potential that this person could have been saved.
The two could have sought some help or provided some assistance,"
said Heider.
Carey was pronounced dead at St.
Claire's Hospital. This isn't the first abuse experience that Carey
and his family had to deal with. In 2004, their son was allegedly
abused at a Dutchess County facility. So, the family along with
downstate Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, have been fighting to
change the law that would unseal Jonathan's records and find out
what happened.
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