75-year-old man beaten by 20-year-old at Michigan nursing home dies

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DETROIT, MI — A 75-year-old man seen on video being brutally beaten inside a Detroit nursing home earlier this year has died.

The victim, Norman Bledsoe, had been depressed and was not eating since the beating at Detroit’s Westwood Nursing Center, in May, FOX-2 Detroit reports.

Bledsoe suffered four broken fingers, broken ribs, and a broken jaw after the attack.

Prosecutors have charged 20-year-old Jaden Hayden with assault and credit card theft. Hayden is expected to appear in court Thursday to determine if he is mentally competent to stand trial.

Hayden’s, father said his son has had several health issues, including autism and hears voices, FOX-2 Detroit reports.

Hayden had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and said he was supposed to be taken to another facility to be quarantined, according to his father, FOX-2 Detroit reports.

Hayden’s father also says there is a pending case in Washtenaw County where his son is accused of assaulting a staff member at another group home.