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Sep 4, 2008 1:52 pm US/Central

Camp Where Kennedy Went Missing Investigated Again

GRANTSBURG, Wis. (AP) ― The Burnett County sheriff is seeking a reckless homicide charge against a summer camp staffer who he says administered the drug that killed a mentally disabled camper.

Trade Lake Camp for adults with disabilities has voluntarily closed.

Investigators said 49-year-old Shirley Meade was given a prescription drug intended for someone else. Sheriff Dean Roland said Meade was left to sleep it off after the staffer realized the mistake. Roland said Meade might be alive today if the staff member had sought medical help.

The sheriff said an autopsy showed Meade died of an overdose. Roland is asking prosecutors to file a charge of first-degree reckless homicide against the staffer.

The Grantsburg camp is the same one from which a 25-year-old Minnesota man with autism went missing in June. Keith Kennedy was found alive seven days after he disappeared.


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