AUSTIN (KXAN) — A grand jury has indicted the managing company of an assisted living facility — as well as two former staff members — in connection with the death of Cynthia Pierce, 73, during the 2021 winter storm.

The historic storm caused widespread power outages across Texas, and according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, claimed the lives of nearly 250 people.

According to the Travis County District Attorney's Office, employees at Renaissance Austin Assisted Living "failed to promptly move and transport an elderly and disabled resident of the facility... to a warmer area within the facility that was readily available," when the power went out during the storm.

The statement also said Pierce was left "in an unheated room with the windows open." She was taken to the

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