Pinellas Park Police are conducting an investigation into possible abuse at the Gracewood Nursing Home, located at 8600 U.S. Hwy 19 N., after the death of a 65-year-old man.

  • Police investigating death at Gracewood Nursing Home
  • Police notified Saturday night patient transported with serious burns after being outside in sun
  • Man later suffered cardiac arrest and died

Police say Wilbert Henry Moten was transported to the hospital Saturday night after suffering second-degree burns and dehydration.

Officers say he may have been left outside the nursing home in the sun. He later went into cardiac failure and died.

Police say detectives are still interviewing staff members are are awaiting results of the autopsy by the Pinellas County Medical Examiner's Office.