Two charged in ‘angel of death’ case
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008.
Woodstock, IL - An ex-nurse and her former supervisor were charged Friday with giving unprescribed medication and excessive levels of morphine to four patients who later died.
Authorities are not accusing the women of killing the patients at the Woodstock Residence nursing home, but prosecutors said their conduct “recklessly endangered” the patients’ lives and in the indictments described the actions as playing the “angel of death.”
A McHenry County grand jury Thursday indicted ex-nurse Marty Himebaugh, 57, on six felony charges, including criminal neglect of long-term care residents, distribution of a controlled substance and obtaining a prescription by fraud. The indictments were sealed until Friday.
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