Norristown State Hospital: Patient Kills Patient, Psych Hospital Staff Lies about 15-Min Checks

September 11, 2024

In his last phone call from Norristown State Hospital, Jacob Gonzalez spoke optimistically about his court hearing the next day, hoping a judge would clear him to leave the state-run psychiatric facility.

Before hanging up, he told his mother that he loved her. “I love you too, buddy,” she replied.

It was 6:30 p.m. By 9:30, he had been strangled.

In the hour before, Norristown staff signed off on paperwork indicating that every 15 minutes, they had gone into his room to check on the safety of Gonzalez and his roommate, Kyle Samuels-Robey, both diagnosed with serious mental illnesses.

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