Wisconsin nurse cut off man’s foot without consent, wanted to display it, court files say

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Mary Brown of Durand, Wis., is charged with physical abuse of an elder person — intentionally causing great bodily harm as well as mayhem.

A nurse is accused of amputating a patient’s foot without permission and talking about displaying it like a warning, according to Wisconsin court documents.

One patient under her care was a man suffering from necrosis to his feet caused by frostbite, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the station. He was checked into the facility in March, but by the end of May, the man was close to death, officials said. When the amputation was finished, Brown talked to fellow nurses about using the foot for a display at her family’s taxidermy shop, complete with a sign that would read “wear your boots, kids,” the station reported.

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