La. nursing home owners charged in 34 deaths

Two accused of negligent homicide for not evacuating residents

MSNBC News Services

Updated: 6:54 p.m. ET Sept. 13, 2005

BATON ROUGE, La. - The husband-and-wife owners of a New Orleans-area nursing home where 34 people died in Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters were charged Tuesday with negligent homicide.

The case represents the first major prosecution to come out of the disaster in New Orleans.