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A former nurse has been charged with murdering eight care-home residents in southwestern Ontario over seven years, a string of deaths that would make her among the worst serial killers in Canadian history.Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, of Woodstock, Ont., faces eight counts of first-degree murder, charges that have shaken the community and shocked families of the dead. Ms. Wettlaufer was taken into custody after a brief court appearance in the small city between Hamilton and London on Tuesday.


The deaths took place between 2007 and 2014, seven of them at a home in Woodstock and one at a home in London. Police say the alleged victims were given a fatal dose of a drug.

Although officers would not say what kind of drug, or how it was administered, a peace bond placed on Ms. Wettlaufer after police began investigating in late September reveals she was prohibited from possessing insulin, or any other medication unless prescribed for her personal use.


The alleged victims have been identified as James Silcox, 84, Maurice Granat, 84, Gladys Millard, 87, Helen Matheson, 95, Mary Zurawinski, 96, Helen Young, 90, Maureen Pickering, 78, and Arpad Horvath, 75.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle32510299/


Appears that the investigation was started after information that she shared during some form of rehab.

The investigation that led to eight charges of first-degree murder against a Woodstock, Ont., nurse in the deaths of patients under her care started after police received information from a Toronto mental health facility.
A source has confirmed to Global News that Toronto police were called by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and officers attended the facility to interview Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer, a 49-year-old registered nurse from Woodstock.

Wettlaufer provided information to hospital staff that caused them “concern,” The Canadian Press reported.

http://globalnews.ca/news/3027111/in...from-hospital/


Chilling. If convicted this woman is going down as one of Canada's worst serial killers.