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Jun 1, 2017 · Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleaded guilty Thursday to eight counts of first-degree murder, saying she used insulin to kill her former patients and how one fought against the deadly injection.
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A Pennsylvania nurse who prosecutors say administered excessive doses of insulin to nursing home patients, 17 of whom died, pleaded guilty Thursday. The nurse, Heather Pressdee, was charged last ...
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May 2, 2024 · If a patient did not die, Ms. Pressdee would take additional measures to kill the person, by administering a second dose of insulin or through “the use of an air embolism,” when one or more ...
Jul 31, 2019 · The report examines how Wettlaufer, a nurse at several long-term care facilities in southwestern Ontario, was able to access lethal doses of insulin to kill her patients, to steal opioids to feed ...
May 2, 2024 · Most of the patients died soon after receiving the insulin dose, or some time later. Her nursing license was suspended early last year, not long after the initial charges were filed. According to court documents , Pressdee sent her mother texts between April 2022 and May 2023 in which she discussed her unhappiness with various patients and colleagues, and spoke about potentially harming them.
May 3, 2024 · A former Pennsylvania nurse has been sentenced to life after pleading guilty to killing and attempting to kill multiple patients with lethal doses of insulin. On Thursday, May 2, Heather Pressdee ...
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May 3, 2024 · The 41-year-old will spend the rest of her life behind bars. A Pennsylvania nurse connected to the deaths of 17 patients who were given fatal doses of insulin was sentenced Thursday to hundreds of ...
