WOODSTOCK — 2016 · Serial Murder
The Care-Home Nurse Murders
Between 2007 and 2016 a nurse working in care homes in south-western Ontario killed eight elderly residents in her care with insulin overdoses and attempted to kill six more. Because the deaths were assumed to be natural, they went unnoticed for years. The crimes came to light only when she herself confessed in 2016. In June 2017 she received eight concurrent life sentences for eight first-degree murders, four attempted murders and two aggravated assaults. The case led to a public inquiry into oversight and medication control in long-term care homes, which reported in 2019 with wide-ranging recommendations on systemic weaknesses.
- Date
- 2016
- Place
- Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, Woodstock, CA
- Category
- Serial Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 43.1310, -80.7470 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 2007The perpetrator began working at Caressant Care in Woodstock.
- March 2014She was dismissed over a medication error.
- October 2016She was charged after confessing her crimes.
- 26 June 2017She was sentenced to eight concurrent life terms.
- August 2017A public inquiry into long-term care safety was established.
Sources
- CBC News — Ex-nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleads guilty to murdering 8 seniors cbc.ca ↗
- CBC News — Ontario names Justice Eileen Gillese to lead Wettlaufer inquiry cbc.ca ↗
- Wikipedia — Elizabeth Wettlaufer en.wikipedia.org ↗
- CBC News
- Wikipedia
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