Two EMS personnel have been charged with murder following the death of a patient they were sent to help.
Peter Cadigan and Peggy Finley were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, according to Sangamon County, IL State's Attorney Dan Wright.
They are being held in the Sangamon County Jail in lieu of $1M bail, WICS reported.
Lifestar Ambulance Service refused to comment about the arrests of its employees, the station reported.
Police called EMS to a home after noticing Earl L. Moore Jr., 35, was in distress.
Cadigan and Finley placed Moore face down on the gurney and tightened the straps across his back. He was transported to HSHS St. John's Hospital where he died at 3:14 a.m. on Dec. 18, reports indicated.
The coroner found that the cause of death was compressional and positional asphyxia due to prone face-down restraint on a paramedic transportation stretcher due to straps across the back.
The Illinois State Police handled the investigation.
EMS workers facing 1st degree murder charges | WICS (newschannel20.com)
