Employee Ignored Dying Son's Condition, Parents Claim
Waukesha, WI, May 22, 2002 -- David W. Collins lived at the Oconomowoc Developmental Training Center from August 1989 until he died October 25, 2000 at the age of 19.
Collins, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, mild mental retardation and obsessive compulsive disorder, died in a local hospital two days after he apparently drank methanol, a poisonous chemical commonly found in solvents and antifreeze.