5. Genene Anne Jones
It’s assumed that all females have some kind of maternal instinct, but occasionally you come across stories that make you doubt that fact, especially when you learn that all the victims were infants.
In 1982, while working as a pediatric nurse in the Bexar County Medical Center in San Antonio, an abnormally high number of children seemed to die on Genene Anne Jones’ night shift. In many cases, they didn’t die of the illness that brought them in hospital in the first place.
An investigation found that Jones was administering lethal doses of succinylcholine, which causes muscle relaxation and short term paralysis. She was investigated for the unexplained deaths of 10 infants and forced to resign from Bevar County.
Taking a job in Kerrville, Texas, she continued her deeds and ended up poisoning six children there. In 1985, she was found guilty of the murder of 15-month old Chelsea McClellan and sentenced to 99 years in jail. Due to a loophole in Texas law, she may be released in 2017.
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