An 85-year-old former doctor from Arizona was charged with manslaughter for his role in the suicide of a woman in an upstate New York motel room, authorities said.
The woman’s body was found by housekeeping staff at the motel in Kingston, New York, on Nov. 9. Kingston police, fire and emergency workers concluded she had died “by means of assisted suicide,” according to the Ulster County district attorney’s office.
Investigators determined that Stephen Miller had traveled from Arizona and had been with the woman at the time of her death at the motel, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of New York City, prosecutors said. Authorities didn’t identify the woman.
Miller, of Tucson, was arraigned Friday on a charge of second-degree manslaughter under a provision that allows the charge for intentionally causing or aiding another person’s suicide. He also faces two counts of assault, according to Kingston police.
Miller, who voluntarily surrendered, pleaded not guilty, posted bail and returned to Arizona, according to his attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman.