A Connecticut judge has rescinded an order to transfer a disabled woman who set a fire that killed 16 people from a state psychiatric hospital to a Rhode Island nursing home.
On Wednesday, Judge Joan Alexander canceled the order she issued Monday approving the transfer of Leslie Andino from Connecticut Valley Hospital to Berkshire Place Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Providence.
The Connecticut hospital requested the move, and Berkshire Place said it never agreed to accept her.
Connecticut officials said there was a misunderstanding. A Berkshire Place administrator said he decided a week and a half ago that his facility couldn't meet Andino's needs.
Andino is accused of setting a fire that killed 16 fellow patients at Hartford's Greenwood Health Center in 2003.
She was declared incompetent to stand trial and committed to Connecticut Valley Hospital.
