Joan Mazzolini reports:
The Cleveland Veterans Affairs hospital is investigating whether employees snooped in serial killing suspect Anthony Sowell’s private medical records.
A spokeswoman for the Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center confirmed that an investigation was under way. It was unclear if it is an internal investigation or if federal VA authorities were called in.
Cleveland VA spokeswoman Ashley Trimble said she couldn’t answer any questions beyond that an investigation was taking place.
Sowell, who was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in early 1985, would have been eligible for medical care at the VA. It is unknown what, if any, medical or psychiatric care he received there or at VA clinics.
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