Seniors going postal in nursing home!

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DENVER (Reuters) - An 87-year-old Colorado man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease has been arrested for allegedly beating to death a 76-year-old fellow dementia patient at the nursing home where both men lived, authorities said on Tuesday.

Homer Castor is being held without bond on suspicion of murder and for a crime against an at-risk adult in the slaying of Gerald Propp, according to Jefferson County jail records.

The assault occurred on Saturday at the Atria Applewood assisted living facility in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, court documents show.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit filed by police, a nurse heard someone calling for help from the room shared by the two men, who both suffer from advanced Alzheimer's. There she found a bloodied Propp in bed with multiple facial injuries.

When the nurse asked Castor what happened, he told her: "If he (Propp) says one more word, I'm going to kill him," the affidavit quoted her as telling police.

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