# Family secret: Missouri woman thought to have died in the 1940s actually lived until 2002

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/family-secret-missouri-woman-thought-to-have-died-in-the-1940s-actually-lived-until-2002/
- Published: 2022-07-03T09:30:03-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: Fern Franco. Reporter: Kris Ketz  KMBC 9 News Anchor. KMBC 9 News – June 30, 2022. Wrongful death lawsuits revealed she was one of nine patients at a Chillicothe, Missouri, hospital given a deadly dose of a drug that caused suffocation. SAINT JOSEPH, Mo. — It’s been a family secret for decades, but now the secret is out. Seventy-five-year-old Fern Franco was one of nine people who died 20 years ago at a Chillicothe, Missouri, hospital. Former respiratory therapist Jennifer Hall was charged last month with Franco’s murder. She’s pleaded […] Click here to view original web page at www.kmbc.com Related articles: Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph – Legends of America A History of Mental Illness Treatment: Obsolete Practices – Concordia University St. Paul Psychiatry’s brutal history and unanswered questions – The Washington Post