According to the criminal complaint obtained by KSTP, a Pierce County medical examiner first noticed during an autopsy that a foot had been removed from a body he was supposed to examine.Before he died, the unnamed elder person had been in the care of Mary K. Brown, 38, a Spring Valley Health and Rehab Center nurse.Administrators of the nursing home agreed that it was outside of the scope of Brown’s practice to conduct such a procedure and a doctor’s order was necessary prior to any amputation,” according to the criminal complaint.A nurse later told police that Brown said she intended to preserve and display the foot, according to KSTP.Brown is facing two felony charges of abuse of an elderly person and mayhem, which carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison but could be higher because the victim is an older person, WQOW said."