Woman Who Died After Being Left Outside in Cold Identified by Authorities

(Bondurant, IA) The Polk County Sheriff’s Department has identified a woman who died after being left out in the cold at a Bondurant nursing home. The department says 77-year-old Lynne Harriet Stewart was found outside around 6:30 a-m at the Courtyard Estates at Hawthorne Crossing on January 21^st.  The temperature was eight degrees below zero and investigators say Stewart had been outside for an undetermined amount of time.  Staff brought her inside and attempted to warm her up, but she later died. The Sheriff’s Department says it isn’t releasing any other information as they continue their investigation.