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Leela Lal, an Indian-origin nurse, was beaten almost to death by a psychiatric patient at the Florida hospital where she worked
"Essentially every bone in the victim's face is broken and the victim is likely to lose the use of both eyes," according to the affidavit.
"I couldn't recognize her," said Lal’s daughter Cindy. "Both eyes were swollen, she was intubated, her whole face on the right side was swollen, multiple fractures throughout her face, bleeding in the brain."
Racist attack?
After the attack, Palm Beach County Deputy Sgt. Beth Newcomb testified that she observed Scantlebury saying, "Indians are bad" and "I just beat the (expletive) out of an Indian doctor."The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has added a “hate crime” charge to Scantlebury’s attempted second-degree murder charge.
Scantlebury managed to escape the hospital before he was caught while running on a road. His wife told the court Thursday that he had been acting paranoid for several days leading up to the attack.
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