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In the Matter of Eileen Alenza - A Resident of Bronx Developmental Center

Date:

September 1981

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The Commission concluded the death could have been avoided. Responsibility was shared by the direct care staff on duty the day she died. Staff's failure to monitor her closely, even after her third disappearance within a relatively brief period of time, was one factor responsible for Miss Alenza being able to leave the unit undetected and for her eventual fall from the fifth floor terrace to her death.