Hospice nurse who amputated patient’s foot without permission for use in sickening taxidermy display escapes jail sentence

Hospice nurse who amputated patient’s foot without permission for use in sickening taxidermy display escapes jail sentence 
New York Post; by Chris Nesi; 7/13/25 
A Wisconsin nurse who amputated a patient’s frostbitten foot without authorization and planned to use it as a ghoulish display in her family’s taxidermy shop was given a sweetheart plea deal in which she’ll serve no time in prison and pay just $443 in court costs. ... The patient died days later, though no definitive link was made between his death and the amputation, according to a criminal complaint. ... The victim, Doug McFarland, was being treated for severe frostbite in both feet after suffering a fall in his home. His feet had become necrotic — remaining attached to his leg by only a tendon and two inches of skin — and he was moved to hospice care, according to KSTP. After cutting off his right foot — which she referred to as “mummy feet” — she told nursing home colleagues she planned to preserve the foot and display it in a taxidermy shop owned by her family as a graphic warning about the dangers of frostbite. ... Although Brown escaped a jail sentence, she may face disciplinary proceedings from the Wisconsin Board of Nursing and is no longer allowed to work as a caregiver in any capacity.