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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Del Rey

Nurse accused of killing 17 patients handed new charges

Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office

Heather Pressdee, a former Pennsylvania nurse who was charged with killing two patients with lethal doses of insulin in May, is facing dozens of new charges, authorities announced.

Prosecutors allege that the 41-year-old attempted to kill 19 patients in five nursing homes with lethal injections of insulin starting in 2020.

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