Imagine being told your brother is dying, and after two excruciating weeks you make the difficult decision to take him off life-support. Now imagine finding out that your brother is alive somewhere, and you just gave the order to kill a complete stranger.
That is exactly what Brooklyn resident Shirell Powell says happened to her last July. She claims in a lawsuit that on July 15, 2018, a 40-year-old man named Freddy Clarence Williams was admitted to St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx for an apparent drug overdose. The lawsuit, obtained by the New York Post, said that even though Williams had a social security card identifying him by his full name, the hospital called Powell because her brother, Frederick Williams (who has no middle name) was treated at some other time. Powell’s brother is also 40.
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