Serial Killer Nurse: Death Toll Could Be 90 (The Guardian)

— Former colleagues also charged for alleged cover-up


In 2015, a German nurse was convicted of murdering two patients with cardiovascular drugs. Now, after examining patient records and exhuming bodies, investigators think the man may have killed 88 others, reported The Guardian.

Niels Högel, 40, overdosed ICU patients with drugs such as ajmaline, sotalol, lidocaine, amiodarone and calcium chloride in order to trigger arrhythmia and and severe hypotension, so that he could then demonstrate his resuscitation skills.

German officials also charged six former colleagues with manslaughter because they conspired to cover up the killings before he moved to other clinics. "The murders could have been prevented," said Johann Kühme, head of police in the investigation.