Ex-nurse Wettlaufer pleads guilty to 8 murder charges in deaths of seniors
Posted May 31, 2017 04:08:09 PM.
Last Updated Jun 1, 2017 12:04:51 PM.
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A former Ontario nurse accused of killing eight seniors in her care has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges in their deaths.
Elizabeth Wettlaufer also pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault.
The 49-year-old, who is appearing in a Woodstock, Ont., court, acknowledged under questioning from the judge that she injected the eight people who died with insulin for no medical reason.
Police have alleged the crimes involved the use of certain drugs and took place over the last decade in three Ontario long-term care facilities where Wettlaufer worked as a registered nurse, and at a private home.
Some family members of Wettlaufer’s victims broke down in the courtroom as Wettlaufer entered her pleas.
The police investigation into Wettlaufer began last September after Toronto police became aware of information she had given to a psychiatric hospital in Toronto that caused them concern, a police source has told The Canadian Press.
