Some of these episodes involved patients who were not diabetic.
The doctor's report prompted an investigation and culminated in the federal charges filed Monday in U.S. District Court in West Virginia.
Mays appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted to killing the patients at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg by injecting them with insulin. She also admitted injecting an eighth patient in order to kill him.
The 46-year-old was charged with seven counts of second-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday. She faces life imprisonment.
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Some of these episodes involved patients who were not diabetic.
The doctor's report prompted an investigation and culminated in the federal charges filed Monday in U.S. District Court in West Virginia.
Mays appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted to killing the patients at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg by injecting them with insulin. She also admitted injecting an eighth patient in order to kill him.
The 46-year-old was charged with seven counts of second-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday. She faces life imprisonment.
https://arre.st/WV-1005329875">
Some of these episodes involved patients who were not diabetic.
The doctor's report prompted an investigation and culminated in the federal charges filed Monday in U.S. District Court in West Virginia.
Mays appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted to killing the patients at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg by injecting them with insulin. She also admitted injecting an eighth patient in order to kill him.
The 46-year-old was charged with seven counts of second-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday. She faces life imprisonment.
https://arre.st/WV-1005329875">
infoWest Virginia nursing assistant pleads guilty to murder charges in string of veteran insulin deaths
West Virginia nursing assistant pleads guilty to murder charges in string of veteran insulin deaths
A former nursing assistant pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal murder charges in connection with a string of insulin deaths at a veterans hospital in West Virginia.
Federal prosecutors say Reta Mays, 46, injected lethal doses of insulin into eight veterans at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in rural Clarksburg, causing their blood sugar levels to drop to dangerously low levels. Seven died shortly after.
Mays worked the night shift from 2015 to 2018 at the medical center, in a ward that housed many patients who had diabetes, according to the charging documents. A nursing assistant was not required to have a license or certification to work at this VA medical center.
In 2018, prosecutors say, a doctor reported \"a concern about the deaths of patients who had suffered unexplained hypoglycemic episodes,\" a condition linked to a surplus of insulin in the body. Hypoglycemia means that the patient has low blood sugar and, in severe cases, can lead to coma and death.
Some of these episodes involved patients who were not diabetic.
The doctor's report prompted an investigation and culminated in the federal charges filed Monday in U.S. District Court in West Virginia.
Mays appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted to killing the patients at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg by injecting them with insulin. She also admitted injecting an eighth patient in order to kill him.
The 46-year-old was charged with seven counts of second-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday. She faces life imprisonment.
