Wettlaufer Inquiry

• Public inquiry report into serial killer ex-nurse Wettlaufer to be released Wednesday

  A commission examining the circumstances that allowed a nurse to kill eight elderly patients in her care is expected to deliver a report Wednesday aimed at preventing such crimes in the future.

  Crime

  Jul 30, 2019
  
• Serial killer Wettlaufer confesses trying to harm additional patients: Commission

  The commission that led last year's public inquiry into Elizabeth Wettlaufer's actions says it heard in January 2018 that the serial killer had told prison staff she had attempted to harm two other patients.

  Crime

  Feb 4, 2019
  
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• Wettlaufer inquiry learns of Ontario drug disposal process

  While a thorough process is in place to dispose of narcotics and controlled drugs, an expert testified there's no similar plan for other drugs.

  Crime

  Sep 13, 2018
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• Long-term care home thought agency was responsible for Elizabeth Wettlaufer background check: provincial inspector

  A provincial inspector says the agency that hired serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer and placed her at different long term care homes had a habit of failing to conduct background checks. 

  Politics

  Aug 3, 2018
• Administration took 6 days to discover drugs went missing on Wettlaufer’s last day of work, inquiry hears

  On Wednesday morning, the inquiry heard of another time in 2014 when hydromorphone went missing at Meadow Park Long Term Care in London.

  Crime

  Jun 20, 2018
• Coroner declined to perform autopsy on victim of Elizabeth Wettlaufer, inquiry hears

  Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 51, has confessed to murdering eight patients, and attempting to kill several more, for nearly a decade by injecting them with overdoses of insulin at long-term care homes and private residences across Ontario.

  Jun 18, 2018
• 17 groups can take part in Elizabeth Wettlaufer killing inquiry, commissioner rules

  Commissioner Eileen Gillese said survivor Beverly Bertram along with victims' family members and close friends -- organized into three separate groups -- will have the right to call and question witnesses.

  Crime

  Jan 18, 2018