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Majors is awaiting trial on charges of murdering six hospital patients in Clinton, Indiana Hospital killings a repeated tragedy
March 28, 1998
Web posted at: 12:27 p.m. EST (1727 GMT)(CNN) -- There have been a number of high-profile cases of hospital killings throughout the United States in the past 15 years. Here are some that made the headlines:
1997, Clinton, Indiana: Former nurse Orville Lynn Majors is charged with murdering six hospital patients in an intensive-care ward at the former Vermillion County hospital. Police said he injected the patients with chemicals. He is awaiting trial. 1990, Lindenhurst, New York: Richard Angelo is convicted of killing four hospital patients by injecting them with drugs. He then tried to revive them in an effort to appear to be a hero. 1987, Cincinnati: Nurses' aide Donald Harvey pleads guilty to 37 murders and is sentenced to life in prison. Authorities suspect he may actually have been responsible for nearly 50 hospital deaths in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. 1984, Riverside, California: Nurse Richard Diaz is sentenced to death after killing 12 elderly patients with an overdose of a heart drug. Correspondent Dan Ronan contributed to this report.
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