Woodstock nurse charged in deaths of eight seniors makes brief court appearance
Posted Jan 6, 2017 06:26:49 AM.
Last Updated Jan 6, 2017 10:29:54 AM.
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The case of a former nurse accused of killing eight seniors at two long-term care homes in southwestern Ontario was briefly in a Woodstock court Friday morning.
Elizabeth Wettlaufer is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of residents at nursing homes in Woodstock and London.
She appeared via video link and the case has been put over until next Friday. The London Free Press says her lawyer has asked that she appear in person then.
Police allege Wettlaufer used drugs to kill the seniors while she worked at the facilities between 2007 and 2014.
Her 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, 79, and Arpad Horvath, 75.
Records from the College of Nurses of Ontario show Wettlaufer was first registered as a nurse in August 1995 but resigned Sept. 30, 2016, and is no longer a registered nurse.
