A new state inspection report reveals that the Waverly Assisted Living Facility in Trinity "failed to provide adequate personal supervision and oversight" on the night a dementia patient wandered into a walk-in freezer and later died of hypothermia.

William Eugene Ray, who had dementia, got out of bed and left his room just after 12:30 a.m. on September 26.

His family had installed a Ring camera in his room due to staffing concerns at the facility.

Ray's daughter Kristen Spencer woke up to discover her father was missing from his room.

She called the facility to notify staff, then drove there with her mother.

They were placed in a conference room while staff searched for Ray.

"The director came in and said they found him. And then she said he was in the freezer," Spencer said. "I cou

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