Woman found dead 4 days after falling, said ambulance too expensive | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

Woman found dead 4 days after falling, said ambulance too expensive | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

A retired Des Moines woman who reportedly fell to the floor of her home last Friday and could not get up died on Tuesday.

A man who resides at the same address told police she refused an ambulance because she thought it would be too expensive.

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Officer Huffman asked Toews why he did not call an ambulance earlier. Toews told him that Knutson thought it would be too expensive.

The police report says: "Toews said Knutson quit making noise sometime Monday afternoon and he thought she was finally asleep. Toews said he covered her with a blanket and left her until today (Tuesday) when around 2 p.m. he tried to wake up Knutson. Knutson's daughter was coming around 3 p.m. to see her." ....