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Insulin as a Weapon
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Ex-nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer felt 'red surge' before killing elderly patients
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond.....ilty-1.4140973
Injections of insulin were used to kill seniors in long-term care homes in 3 Ontario communities
She was angry about her career and her life, and her elderly patients, some suffering from dementia, were easy prey.
Former registered nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, who pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Woodstock, Ont., today to 14 charges including first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault, told the court that a "red surge" would come over her when she was about to kill someone.
Wettlaufer worked at homes in the Ontario communities of Woodstock, Paris and London, often as the registered nurse overseeing the nightshifts.
In October, Wettlaufer was charged in the deaths of eight residents at nursing homes in Woodstock and London. In January, she faced six additional charges related to seniors in her care. She worked at the facilities between 2007 and 2014.
Family members of Wettlaufer's victims were faced with a long and emotional day in court. Some broke down in the courtroom as Wettlaufer entered her pleas.
Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas told the families, "I can't imagine the betrayal" and said their strength dealing with what they saw in court impressed him.
They have already heard that the ex-nurse told police she used insulin pens to administer lethal and non-lethal doses of the drug to kill eight people and seriously harm six.
In one case, a victim's family had thanked Wettlaufer for her care, having no idea she had just killed the patient.
After injecting another of her victims, she got what she told police was "a laughing feeling."
She left on a Caribbean cruise the next day.
Wettlaufer confirmed that she was not intoxicated by drugs or alcohol while injecting victims with insulin with the intent to kill.
"You knew this could be fatal?" Thomas asked Wettlaufer.
"Yes, your honour," she answered.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond.....ilty-1.4140973
Injections of insulin were used to kill seniors in long-term care homes in 3 Ontario communities
She was angry about her career and her life, and her elderly patients, some suffering from dementia, were easy prey.
Former registered nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, who pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Woodstock, Ont., today to 14 charges including first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault, told the court that a "red surge" would come over her when she was about to kill someone.
Wettlaufer worked at homes in the Ontario communities of Woodstock, Paris and London, often as the registered nurse overseeing the nightshifts.
In October, Wettlaufer was charged in the deaths of eight residents at nursing homes in Woodstock and London. In January, she faced six additional charges related to seniors in her care. She worked at the facilities between 2007 and 2014.
Family members of Wettlaufer's victims were faced with a long and emotional day in court. Some broke down in the courtroom as Wettlaufer entered her pleas.
Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas told the families, "I can't imagine the betrayal" and said their strength dealing with what they saw in court impressed him.
They have already heard that the ex-nurse told police she used insulin pens to administer lethal and non-lethal doses of the drug to kill eight people and seriously harm six.
In one case, a victim's family had thanked Wettlaufer for her care, having no idea she had just killed the patient.
After injecting another of her victims, she got what she told police was "a laughing feeling."
She left on a Caribbean cruise the next day.
Wettlaufer confirmed that she was not intoxicated by drugs or alcohol while injecting victims with insulin with the intent to kill.
"You knew this could be fatal?" Thomas asked Wettlaufer.
"Yes, your honour," she answered.
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