Four patients were killed at Tyler’s hospital by a former nurse from East Texas. On October 19, William George Davis was found guilty for capital murder. October 19th, William George Davis was found guilty of capital murder.
Davis injected air into their veins and killed John Lafferty and Ronald Clark, Christopher Greenaway, and Joseph Kalina at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches O Owen Heart Hospital.
Davis was just a month away from being arrested when he looked online at “List of serial killers according to number of victims” during his trial.
William Davis, an ex-nurse, was sentenced to death after infusing four patients with air at Tyler’s hospital.
Agent John Day, who examined a laptop Davis used to analyze, discovered that someone using the laptop had either begun searching “Mother Frances Hospital” or searched “Mother Frances Hospital investigating possible serial killers” on March 16, 2018.
According to the agent, someone who used the laptop also viewed two pages about serial murderers that day.
According to KYTX, Davis called his wife after he was found guilty. He claimed that money was tight and that he would try to extend the stay of ICU patients by making them sicker. This would enable him to work longer hours and make more money.
Texas is one of the 24 states that have the death penalty.
A former nursing assistant was sentenced to death in a case similar to this one earlier this year. He administered fatal insulin injections at a West Virginia hospital and killed seven elderly veterans. A federal judge called RetaMays “the beast that no one sees coming.” She was a victim of mental illness and did not offer any explanation as to why she had killed the men.