Elderly Woman Robbed On Her Deathbed
Posted March 18, 2010 6:27 am.
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Police have made an arrest and are seeking a second suspect after two men allegedly robbed an elderly woman, just moments before her death, in a Toronto hospital.
It happened at Toronto East General Hospital around 8pm Tuesday. The suspects were caught on surveillance video.
Isaac Lewkowicz, 29, of Toronto, was arrested on Wednesday night. He’s facing a total of 9 charges, including theft, as well as possession of heroin and marijuana.
A second suspect, Marcos Marinoni, 26, (pictured below) of no fixed address, is currently wanted for conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and theft over.
Authorities claim the pair searched floor to floor before they reached the palliative care unit. That’s when they allegedly stole $7,000 worth of jewelry as a woman in her 80s lay unconscious in her bed. The patient’s family had just stepped away for a coffee when the alleged robbery happened.
The woman’s husband spoke exclusively to CityNews on Thursday. The two had been married for 55 years and she was suffering from brain cancer.
“I couldn’t believe anybody would go in a hospital, especially on the pallative care ward where people are dying, and they do this, I can’t believe it,” the victim’s husband said. “There’s always been thieves around….but to sink that low…oh my God, it’s terrible.
“They will get payback somehow or another, I know it, what goes around comes around. And I really believe that.”
Police believe the suspects may be responsible for a slew of similar robberies at Toronto hospitals.
“This isn’t the first hospital that they’ve done,” said Staff. Sgt. Greg Cantelon.
If you have any information that could help police, call 54 Division at (416) 808-5400 or Crime Stoppers at (416) 222-TIPS.
