The former employee of a Gillette assisted living center who was accused of manslaughter for losing track of a memory care patient on a frigid night is guilty of negligent homicide, but not the felony of manslaughter he originally faced.

Bernard Hale, 58, is set for sentencing Nov. 21 in District Court Judge Michael McGrady’s court.

The Campbell County Attorney’s office in March charged Hale with involuntary manslaughter.

He was accused of recklessly killing 88-year-old dementia patient Judith Duvall, who was found frozen in an outdoor courtyard of the Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center in January.

Hale, a certified nursing assistant who was later terminated, had failed to search for Duvall after hearing a door alarm at the facility, according to court documents.

But he didn’t

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