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Fred dinenage (narrates):
In September 1982,

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Chelsea mcclellan

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had what appeared to be a
severe reaction to an inoculation

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and died in a small
hospital in comfort, Texas.

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She was just 15 months old.

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Doctors couldn't work out why
Chelsea had died so suddenly,

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but the truth was she
had been murdered,

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and her killer was the nurse who
was meant to be caring for her.

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When you're sick and in
need and you need a doctor,

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the last place you'd
think something happen

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to injure a child or hurt a
child is the medical field.

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And when that happens,

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well, it's the worst of
the worst in my opinion.

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The killer nurse was
32-year-old genene Jones

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and Chelsea mcclellan
was not her first victim.

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It's believed this
twisted angel of death

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could have taken the lives

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of over 50 babies
and young children.

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A monster disguised in
the outfit of a caring nurse,

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a woman who should
have been there

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to help to make
young lives better.

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But she never did.
She ended them.

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Jones's arrest and trial sent
shockwaves across Texas.

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Her crimes had gone
undetected for almost four years.

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If you look at the graph
of deaths that occurred

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at the hospital district,

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genene Jones was
always on the shift

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and somehow always
found herself immersed

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in whatever happened
in the death of an infant,

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on what later became
known as the death shift.

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Genene Jones, a killer
of helpless children

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had been exposed

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as one of the world's
most evil killers.

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(Theme music)

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In January 2020,

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69-year-old genene Jones
pleaded guilty to the murder

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of 11-month-old Joshua Sawyer.

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She had already served
36 years of a life sentence

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for killing 15-month-old
Chelsea mcclellan

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over three decades earlier.

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Proving that a nurse
was killing children

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by injecting them with
a lethal amount of drugs

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was no mean feat.

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It was an investigation
that took its toll

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on Texas ranger, Joe Davis.

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When we go to bed at night,
we were thinking about it.

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And when we woke
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we started investigating again

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because this was a crime that
we all felt like we had to solve.

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This is a crime that you
don't see happen normally.

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We had to get it done

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and we'd give it our
all to make it happen.

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Jones had begun her
insatiable killing spree

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while working in a
paediatric intensive care unit

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in San Antonio, Texas.

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But she went undetected
for almost four years.

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Victim advocate, Andy kahan

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worked with the parents
and siblings of many children,

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who believe Jones was responsible
for the death of their loved ones.

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When you look back in hindsight,

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you know you can
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that something was irregular,
something was happening.

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But back then nobody
put two and two together.

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This killer's story begins
on the July 13, 1950.

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Genene Ann Jones was
born in San Antonio, Texas.

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But at a young age she was put
up for adoption by her birth parents.

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It was the start of
a difficult childhood.

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Looking at back
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there is quite a lot of
trauma in that adoptive family.

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So, we see that two
of her brothers died.

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One died in an accident at
home, another one died of cancer.

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And then later on, her
father died of cancer.

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So, there are a lot of things
going on in this family unit

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that she does not
feel in control of.

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She does not feel that stability
and that safety and that security.

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And I think that
potentially is a factor

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that accelerated her on
the course that she took.

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Growing up,

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Jones felt like she didn't
belong in the family unit.

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She wasn't raised
in the best conditions.

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She always felt, from
what I could find out,

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that she was a black
sheep of the family.

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She would often say that

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she was unwanted

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that she was unloved.

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And I think when you hear
somebody spinning that narrative,

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you've got to look at
the motivation behind it.

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So, what is it that
they're trying to get?

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They're trying
to get validation.

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They're trying to get attention.

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So, we have this poor
me character that emerges.

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By June 1976

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Jones had been
married, divorced,

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had two children
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And after a brief time
working at a beauty parlour,

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the 25-year-old was
training for a new vocation.

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I think genene Jones'
choice of a career in nursing

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was quite a deliberate
one, quite a strategic one.

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So, she's somebody who
always felt that she was unloved,

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that she was unwanted.

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And when you are a nurse,

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people are very grateful
for the work that you do,

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they're very thankful for
what you do to help them

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and to help their relatives.

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So, I think this was
something about validation

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in this career appealed to her.

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In October 1978,

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genene Jones began working

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on the paediatric
intensive care unit

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known as picu

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at bexar county
hospital in San Antonio.

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Her former colleague
cheri pendergraft

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remembers meeting
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When she was hired on,

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I was in charge of
orienting her to the unit,

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making her feel comfortable
with surroundings,

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where things were,
what procedures we did

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and all of those things.

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And then also assessing her
knowledge and nursing skills

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to make sure that she
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needed for patient
care in the picu.

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Jones seemed interested
in treating patients hands on.

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Genene took one of
the advanced courses

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that we offered in the education
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one of which
included iv therapy.

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She became very
proficient at starting ivs

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and liked doing
procedures on patients.

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Starting an iv itself requires
a bit of finesse and skill

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because getting the tiny
needle into the tiny, tiny little vein

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of a paediatric patient
can be very challenging.

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But she became
very proficient at it.

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Cheri found Jones to
be an intense personality

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on the picu ward

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and sometimes her compassion
came across as eerie and extreme.

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It was the first or second
night that she came on duty

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and there was a very...

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Small premature baby
admitted who was very sick.

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And the likelihood of it
surviving was very slim.

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So, we cared for the baby for
a few hours and it passed away.

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And genene asked me if
she could hold the baby.

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And I said, "well, yes,"

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which I thought was kind
of unusual but I thought...

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Maybe she felt deep
compassion for the baby

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because this was her first exposure
to this particular kind of incident

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where a baby died.

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And so, she took the baby
over the corner of the picu

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and sat in the rocking chair
and rocked the baby for...

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I think about an hour
and was sobbing.

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And I just thought that
was an unusual reaction

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to the death of a very...

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Tiny, tiny premature baby
that she had no attachment to.

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She hadn't had time to
form any attachment to it.

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The longer Jones was in the
role, the more difficult she became

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and she seemingly had
ideas above her station.

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Jones was a licensed
vocational nurse.

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So, this is more of a
nursing assistant type role

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and it contrasts with
a registered nurse,

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who is a fully qualified
certified nurse.

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And I think Jones always
felt entitled to more.

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She was never happy and
content with what she had.

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She always had to go further.

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But she would
step over the line.

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She would push the
boundaries in ways

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that were unprofessional
and unethical.

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She was crass and foul-mouthed

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and she came across as arrogant
and know-it-all a lot of times

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and some of the nurses
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She would be making decisions

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that registered nurses
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And those were things that

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she shouldn't really
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So, that sense of entitlement,
that sense of grandiosity

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is there from the
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Cheri clashed with Jones
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during her time at
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cheri came to relieve Jones
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but her reaction was
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I went and put my
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and came into the room

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where genene was
performing cpr on a little...

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Maybe eight-year-old
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Who had been a near drowning.

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She had been working
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and or a little bit more than

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and she was due to come back
the next morning for another shift.

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But a clearly exhausted Jones

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refused to hand
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And she said, "no.

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"I'm performing cpr."

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And I said, "no, you...

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"I can take over.

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"I'm perfectly capable of
performing cpr and taking over.

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"So, you really
need to go home."

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And she refused
and she yelled at me.

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And so I called the
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told her the situation
and she came down.

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And told genene that she
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and get some rest.

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She stormed out the room.

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I took over cpr.

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swearing and yelling...

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Which I thought was a
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and a possessiveness
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at that time, not
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She wants attention.

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She feels entitled to attention.

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She likes drama.

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She thrives on it.

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She's somebody who
wants to be centre stage

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and I think that is
the motivation here.

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She's always
entitled to... to more.

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She always wants
to create a drama

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and place herself
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Cheri pendergraft had no idea
that her colleague's lust for drama

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had in fact turned deadly.

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And a staff logbook
would soon reveal

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an unnatural number of infants
were dying on the picu ward

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at bexar county hospital whenever
genene Jones was working.

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No child was safe
on the death shift.

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In the early 1980s genene
Jones was working as a nurse

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on the paediatric
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at bexar county hospital
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Her colleagues
had begun to notice

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that the infant
death rate would rise

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whenever she was on the wards.

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Jones used to work a
late shift, 3pm until 11pm,

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and this shift became
known as the death shift

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because for a period
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people were 10
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during this period of time
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One baby who survived
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was four-week-old
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who arrived on the
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He had some issues with
pneumonia, some breathing problems

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and he was admitted

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to the paediatric
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And he becomes even more
unwell when he's in there

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and he starts to
bleed from a site

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where he's previously
had an injection.

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Now, a doctor orders
some tests to be carried out.

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And they come back
positive for heparin

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which is a blood thinner.

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And this doctor ordered Rolando

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to be taken off the
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and this was a decision that
actually saved this child's life.

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A staff logbook
was used to record

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Rolando's near death experience

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and a host of other
similar incidents.

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The abnormal spike
in the death rates

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was highlighted by the colleagues
of nurse cheri pendergraft.

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Several of the
nurses in the picu

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called my attention
to the logbook one day

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when we were sitting
in the nursing station.

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And they noticed that

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there was a higher
than usual mortality rate.

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And so, I looked at the log book

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and yes, there did seem
to be a higher mortality rate

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during that time.

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And it seemed to happen
mostly on the 3:00 to 11:00 shift.

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More of the deaths occurred
on the 3:00 to 11:00 shift

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according to the logbook.

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Cheri took the logbook
to her superiors,

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but her concerns
fell on deaf ears.

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At that point in time

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it was at the discretion
of the head nurse,

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and if she didn't
see anything worth...

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Investigating because she...

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She trusted all her nurses.

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So, I don't think that she
saw any particular reason

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to investigate it any further

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other than my bringing
it to her attention.

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The hospital managers
and administrators will say,

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"well, show me the
proof," but there is no proof.

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But doctors and nurses, their
intuition is really well honed

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and it's not some
mystical thing.

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It's a thing that's based
on experience and expertise

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as somebody with compassion,

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as somebody who relates
very well to other people.

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You can pick up when
somebody is not quite right

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and those are warning signs

283
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that really should
have been heeded here.

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The lack of scrutiny
of the hospital records

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stunned victim
advocate, Andy kahan

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when he became involved
in the case decades later.

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When the bexar
county hospital district

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decided to actually
take some action

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involving the high rate
of infant mortality death,

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they didn't call for
an investigation.

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They didn't bring you know the
police department down there.

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They didn't take statements.

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They wanted to sweep
this under the carpet.

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So, all of the licensed
vocational nurses

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were replaced with
registered nurses.

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Jones was offered another
position in the hospital

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but she chose to resign instead.

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And I think at this point,

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she realises that
the net is closing in

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and she needs to move on.

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And so genene Jones

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was for all intents
and purposes now,

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no longer working
at the hospital district.

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And as a result of her
no longer working there,

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gee, guess what?

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All of a sudden,
the deaths declined.

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Wow, what a
fascinating coincidence.

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So, as far as the bexar
county hospital district is,

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they're out of it.

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I think at this point in time, she
feels absolutely untouchable.

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I think there's a
part of her that...

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That realises that
this is a PR job.

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This is the hospital trying to
make the problem go away.

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And it suits her
down to the ground.

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Cheri pendergraft had no idea

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she had been working
alongside a woman

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who was intentionally
harming babies

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in the paediatric
intensive care unit,

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the one place children
were meant to feel safe.

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It's difficult to believe
that I worked with someone

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who became so evil.

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To take the lives of
other people's children

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for their own
attention-seeking or goals...

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Is just beyond comprehension
for a normal person.

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But we're not talking
about a normal person here.

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So, it has affected me in the
sense that I worked with her

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and I wish that...

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I had become aware of something

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that may have stopped
her from progressing.

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00:17:20,763 --> 00:17:23,003
We just had no...

331
00:17:24,443 --> 00:17:27,963
Evidence of any
direct connection with...

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Kids dying on
genene Jones' watch...

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And I think it was beyond
our comprehension

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00:17:34,723 --> 00:17:38,483
that anything like that could
even happen on our watch.

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00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:44,763
In march 1982

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genene Jones left
bexar county hospital,

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and five months later
she started another job,

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60 miles northwest
of San Antonio

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at a new paediatric clinic

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in the small town
of kerrville, Texas.

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At the time of this investigation, it
was approximately 20,000 people.

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We were located
off interstate 10

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about 60 miles
west of San Antonio.

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It's mainly a retirement town.

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In September 1982

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a case landed on Joe's lap that
would change the town forever.

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I was in my office when I
received a telephone call

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00:18:25,363 --> 00:18:29,363
from an investigator for the
board of nursing in Austin.

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00:18:29,403 --> 00:18:30,843
Tony hall,

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who was a hospital administrator
at sid Peterson hospital

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in kerrville

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had advised him that they
had started an investigation

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on a nurse and doctor

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who was having several babies
were coming into the emergency room.

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They had never witnessed

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this before in kerrville.

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And one of the babies had died.

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And during the conversation
with the investigator,

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he told me, he
said, "Joe, I think

360
00:18:57,443 --> 00:19:00,323
"you have a child
killer in kerrville."

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00:19:01,603 --> 00:19:04,203
All the babies had
come into the hospital

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via the new paediatric clinic in
town run by dr Kathleen Holland

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who was assisted by
nurse genene Jones.

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It was Jones's behaviour in
the aftermath of the revelations

365
00:19:17,963 --> 00:19:20,443
that focused Joe's
attention on her.

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00:19:21,723 --> 00:19:24,443
He had told me also
that genene Jones

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had come into the
hospital the day before

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and apparently and
tried to commit suicide.

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00:19:30,723 --> 00:19:34,643
Only they were found suspicious
of that from what she had taken.

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It wasn't that serious.

371
00:19:36,403 --> 00:19:39,043
When the investigation
gets underway,

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Jones stages a suicide attempt.

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So, she ingests some drugs

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which are nowhere near
enough to bring about her death.

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00:19:47,083 --> 00:19:49,723
But they're enough
to create the illusion

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that she's tried to
take her own life.

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00:19:52,003 --> 00:19:55,323
And when we look at the
impact of this kind of behaviour,

378
00:19:55,363 --> 00:19:57,723
it's going to bring you
quite a lot of sympathy,

379
00:19:57,763 --> 00:19:59,043
quite a lot of attention.

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00:19:59,083 --> 00:20:01,523
You... you'll get
considerable compassion...

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00:20:01,563 --> 00:20:02,683
From other people.

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00:20:02,723 --> 00:20:05,763
So, I think it was that outcome
that she was interested in.

383
00:20:05,803 --> 00:20:08,443
This was not a serious
attempt to end her life.

384
00:20:09,643 --> 00:20:12,163
Joe went to meet
Jones at the hospital

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00:20:12,203 --> 00:20:14,363
to get her side of the story.

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00:20:15,523 --> 00:20:19,283
So, I told her I'd like to go ahead
and interview her at that time

387
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since she's there
at the hospital.

388
00:20:21,043 --> 00:20:24,763
So, he arranged for me
to go to a conference room

389
00:20:24,803 --> 00:20:28,803
in the hospital and they
brought genene Jones in,

390
00:20:28,843 --> 00:20:30,683
and that's when I first met her

391
00:20:30,723 --> 00:20:35,763
and started an interview
with her over the investigation.

392
00:20:35,803 --> 00:20:37,443
For the first time,

393
00:20:37,483 --> 00:20:41,043
genene Jones was under
investigation for murder.

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I was in the conference room
when they brought genene Jones in

395
00:20:46,043 --> 00:20:50,243
and identified myself
as a Texas ranger

396
00:20:50,283 --> 00:20:54,843
and told her I was there to
investigate some emergencies

397
00:20:54,883 --> 00:20:59,323
that were coming into the
hospital from their office

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00:20:59,363 --> 00:21:03,443
and that one of the babies
that were brought in had died.

399
00:21:03,483 --> 00:21:08,683
And so, I started interviewing
her regarding the emergencies.

400
00:21:10,043 --> 00:21:13,723
Throughout the brief
discussion, Jones didn't flinch.

401
00:21:14,843 --> 00:21:16,283
She didn't seem upset.

402
00:21:16,323 --> 00:21:18,203
She had pretty
cool and collected,

403
00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:21,443
answered the few
questions I had for her,

404
00:21:21,483 --> 00:21:26,043
and was cooperative
with me at that time.

405
00:21:26,083 --> 00:21:27,683
But something told Joe

406
00:21:27,723 --> 00:21:30,603
it wouldn't be the last
time he would cross paths

407
00:21:30,643 --> 00:21:32,203
with genene Jones.

408
00:21:33,683 --> 00:21:35,083
Before I left her, I asked her,

409
00:21:35,123 --> 00:21:38,443
I said, "ok, I'm
starting an investigation

410
00:21:38,483 --> 00:21:41,923
"and would you be willing
to take a polygraph test

411
00:21:41,963 --> 00:21:43,803
"in the near future?"

412
00:21:43,843 --> 00:21:45,923
And she said she would.

413
00:21:45,963 --> 00:21:48,483
So, I told her I would
be getting back with her

414
00:21:48,523 --> 00:21:52,603
later when I had more
information, and she agreed.

415
00:21:52,643 --> 00:21:55,643
Ok, and that more or
less ended the interview

416
00:21:55,683 --> 00:21:57,603
at that time with her.

417
00:21:58,763 --> 00:22:01,003
With no evidence against her,

418
00:22:01,043 --> 00:22:04,283
genene Jones was
free to leave the hospital.

419
00:22:06,003 --> 00:22:09,563
Joe Davis' detective
instincts however told him

420
00:22:09,603 --> 00:22:13,043
that everything was
not as it should be.

421
00:22:13,083 --> 00:22:18,163
He was certain Jones was
involved and now, he had to prove it.

422
00:22:21,523 --> 00:22:23,843
In September 1982,

423
00:22:23,883 --> 00:22:27,203
nurse genene Jones
was working at a new clinic

424
00:22:27,243 --> 00:22:29,603
in the town of kerrville, Texas.

425
00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:33,203
She had taken a
job with paediatrician

426
00:22:33,243 --> 00:22:35,043
dr Kathleen Holland

427
00:22:35,083 --> 00:22:37,563
who like Jones had
previously worked

428
00:22:37,603 --> 00:22:40,563
at bexar county
hospital in San Antonio.

429
00:22:41,963 --> 00:22:44,843
A number of suspicious
infant collapses

430
00:22:44,883 --> 00:22:47,923
had led detectives to
speak genene Jones

431
00:22:47,963 --> 00:22:50,843
and next on their
radar was dr Holland.

432
00:22:52,643 --> 00:22:54,643
And during the
interview with dr Holland,

433
00:22:54,683 --> 00:22:57,603
she told me and I found out that

434
00:22:57,643 --> 00:23:00,243
when these patients were
brought in by their mothers,

435
00:23:00,283 --> 00:23:04,603
these young infants,
genene Jones would say,

436
00:23:04,643 --> 00:23:07,563
"let me take the
baby back to the back.

437
00:23:07,603 --> 00:23:08,763
"So, y'all can talk."

438
00:23:08,803 --> 00:23:12,483
The babies may be crying
or making some noises.

439
00:23:12,523 --> 00:23:16,363
And not long after the
baby was taken to the back,

440
00:23:16,403 --> 00:23:20,483
genene Jones would holler out,
"oh, the baby stopped breathing.

441
00:23:20,523 --> 00:23:22,443
"I needed a emergency.

442
00:23:22,483 --> 00:23:23,763
"Come back quick.

443
00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:25,843
"We need to call an ambulance."

444
00:23:27,003 --> 00:23:30,203
Dr Holland was
ruled out as a suspect

445
00:23:30,243 --> 00:23:34,603
and attention turned
solely to genene Jones.

446
00:23:34,643 --> 00:23:37,683
One of the babies who
had fallen ill at the clinic

447
00:23:37,723 --> 00:23:40,083
was Chelsea mcclellan.

448
00:23:40,123 --> 00:23:42,723
Victim liaison
officer Andy kahan

449
00:23:42,763 --> 00:23:46,963
got to know Chelsea's mother
petti in the aftermath of the case.

450
00:23:48,203 --> 00:23:50,443
She had taken her
15-month-old daughter

451
00:23:50,483 --> 00:23:54,883
for some routine inoculations
in September 1982.

452
00:23:56,123 --> 00:23:59,563
Petti pretty much told me
the story of what happened.

453
00:23:59,603 --> 00:24:00,923
I mean, she just brought Chelsea

454
00:24:00,963 --> 00:24:02,523
to the clinic.

455
00:24:02,563 --> 00:24:03,763
She's only 15 months old.

456
00:24:03,803 --> 00:24:07,563
It wasn't anything really
serious going on with Chelsea.

457
00:24:07,603 --> 00:24:10,123
And the next thing she knows,

458
00:24:10,163 --> 00:24:14,443
all of a sudden you know
there's a code blue with Chelsea.

459
00:24:15,483 --> 00:24:17,203
Just like the other children,

460
00:24:17,243 --> 00:24:20,963
Jones had volunteered to
give Chelsea her injections.

461
00:24:21,003 --> 00:24:23,243
Sat facing petti mcclellan,

462
00:24:23,283 --> 00:24:27,043
Jones had Chelsea on her
lap and injected her twice,

463
00:24:27,083 --> 00:24:28,523
once in each leg,

464
00:24:28,563 --> 00:24:32,243
before the 15-month-old
began struggling to breathe.

465
00:24:33,603 --> 00:24:36,483
An ambulance took Chelsea
to the emergency room

466
00:24:36,523 --> 00:24:39,203
at the sid Peterson
hospital in kerrville

467
00:24:39,243 --> 00:24:41,723
where her condition
seemed to improve.

468
00:24:41,763 --> 00:24:46,963
But now back in the ambulance,
Chelsea suddenly deteriorated again.

469
00:24:47,003 --> 00:24:51,363
One of the nurses had
actually seen genene Jones

470
00:24:51,403 --> 00:24:54,003
before the ambulance
left the hospital in kerrville,

471
00:24:54,043 --> 00:24:57,443
give the baby another shot
as the doors were shutting.

472
00:24:59,003 --> 00:25:00,723
But on the way,

473
00:25:00,763 --> 00:25:03,603
she and an attendant
was in the back

474
00:25:03,643 --> 00:25:07,003
when Chelsea went
into cardiac arrest.

475
00:25:07,043 --> 00:25:10,003
Dr Holland was
following in a car.

476
00:25:10,043 --> 00:25:13,883
They immediately pulled
over, tried to revive her.

477
00:25:13,923 --> 00:25:17,843
Dr Holland said let's take
her in to the hospital in comfort

478
00:25:17,883 --> 00:25:20,003
and that's where
she passed away.

479
00:25:21,403 --> 00:25:25,523
Genene Jones had brazenly
murdered Chelsea mcclellan

480
00:25:25,563 --> 00:25:27,523
in front of her own mother.

481
00:25:28,843 --> 00:25:31,243
When we look at
Chelsea's murder,

482
00:25:31,283 --> 00:25:34,643
we can see that Jones
was absolutely determined

483
00:25:34,683 --> 00:25:36,563
to end this little girl's life.

484
00:25:36,603 --> 00:25:40,603
So, when she gave her these
so-called routine immunisations

485
00:25:40,643 --> 00:25:43,363
and she became incredibly
unwell but they didn't kill her,

486
00:25:43,403 --> 00:25:46,443
Jones made sure that
she was in the ambulance

487
00:25:46,483 --> 00:25:48,203
with this child on
the way to hospital.

488
00:25:48,243 --> 00:25:49,923
She wanted to finish the job.

489
00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:53,483
How personal...

490
00:25:53,523 --> 00:25:55,323
That must be...

491
00:25:55,363 --> 00:25:59,483
To have an infant in your hands

492
00:25:59,523 --> 00:26:05,003
and taking a needle
and knowing full well

493
00:26:05,043 --> 00:26:08,443
that you're taking their life,

494
00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:10,563
that's about as
coldblooded diabolical

495
00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:11,843
as you can get.

496
00:26:16,243 --> 00:26:19,803
Despite Jones's actions,
nobody was aware

497
00:26:19,843 --> 00:26:23,483
that she was responsible
for Chelsea's death.

498
00:26:23,523 --> 00:26:26,283
The drug that Jones
administered to Chelsea

499
00:26:26,323 --> 00:26:29,803
was a drug that essentially
disappears without a trace

500
00:26:29,843 --> 00:26:33,203
when it's entered into
the body of somebody.

501
00:26:33,243 --> 00:26:36,323
So, an autopsy is
not able to establish

502
00:26:36,363 --> 00:26:38,163
what the cause of death is.

503
00:26:38,203 --> 00:26:42,483
So, sudden infant death syndrome
is entered on the death certificate.

504
00:26:44,003 --> 00:26:48,643
And I know for petti, it was
like, I brought my child in.

505
00:26:50,243 --> 00:26:52,763
You know, there wasn't
anything serious going on

506
00:26:52,803 --> 00:26:55,003
and now she's dead.

507
00:26:55,043 --> 00:26:56,563
And so, she started questioning

508
00:26:56,603 --> 00:26:59,243
and she brought
up a lot of questions.

509
00:26:59,283 --> 00:27:01,683
And she brought
this to the attention

510
00:27:01,723 --> 00:27:05,603
of the kerrville county
district attorney's office

511
00:27:05,643 --> 00:27:08,563
who eventually opened
up an investigation.

512
00:27:09,603 --> 00:27:13,523
As part of a deeper look into
the death of Chelsea mcclellan

513
00:27:13,563 --> 00:27:16,603
and the other collapses
coming out of the clinic,

514
00:27:16,643 --> 00:27:20,723
detective Joe Davies visited
dr Kathleen Holland once more.

515
00:27:21,803 --> 00:27:24,363
She had spotted some
superficial damage

516
00:27:24,403 --> 00:27:27,883
in a vial of a drug
called Succinylcholine,

517
00:27:27,923 --> 00:27:30,123
an anaesthetic muscle relaxant.

518
00:27:31,363 --> 00:27:34,963
Dr Holland notices that
the vial of Succinylcholine

519
00:27:35,003 --> 00:27:36,843
has got puncture
marks in the top

520
00:27:36,883 --> 00:27:39,563
and she knows that
she hasn't used it.

521
00:27:39,603 --> 00:27:41,443
And so obviously,

522
00:27:41,483 --> 00:27:44,563
it has to be Jones because they
were the only two people with the key.

523
00:27:45,643 --> 00:27:49,043
Two bottles, one was capped
and one was uncapped.

524
00:27:49,083 --> 00:27:51,963
And then the top of that
one bottle that was uncapped

525
00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:54,483
was several puncture
holes, needles,

526
00:27:54,523 --> 00:27:57,803
as if they were
taking that drug out.

527
00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,123
Somebody was.

528
00:27:59,163 --> 00:28:02,603
However, the bottle
appeared to be full.

529
00:28:02,643 --> 00:28:04,123
So, I told her at that time,

530
00:28:04,163 --> 00:28:06,883
I needed that bottle
to have it checked

531
00:28:06,923 --> 00:28:10,683
to make sure that the drug
was still in there or what...

532
00:28:10,723 --> 00:28:14,923
What was in that bottle
or if it'd been refilled.

533
00:28:14,963 --> 00:28:18,283
The results proved to
be a huge turning point

534
00:28:18,323 --> 00:28:20,083
in the investigation.

535
00:28:20,123 --> 00:28:22,123
They checked it
and notified me later

536
00:28:22,163 --> 00:28:24,323
that it was a saline solution.

537
00:28:24,363 --> 00:28:28,923
It was not the drug that
was supposed to be in it.

538
00:28:28,963 --> 00:28:31,123
It looked like it
had been refilled.

539
00:28:31,163 --> 00:28:32,723
And so that indicated,

540
00:28:32,763 --> 00:28:34,763
that maybe the whole
bottle had been used

541
00:28:34,803 --> 00:28:36,763
in some of these emergencies,

542
00:28:36,803 --> 00:28:39,203
which was good to know.

543
00:28:40,523 --> 00:28:43,603
You know, in courtrooms
and in law enforcement,

544
00:28:43,643 --> 00:28:45,563
there's like a smoking gun.

545
00:28:45,603 --> 00:28:46,963
That's kind of what it's called.

546
00:28:48,203 --> 00:28:50,483
And the smoking gun...

547
00:28:50,523 --> 00:28:53,923
Was that tiny little
puncture wound

548
00:28:53,963 --> 00:28:56,683
in that bottle of
Succinylcholine.

549
00:28:58,083 --> 00:29:01,683
A search into her background
meant the finger of suspicion

550
00:29:01,723 --> 00:29:05,763
suddenly began to
point directly at Jones.

551
00:29:05,803 --> 00:29:10,523
I found out also that genene
Jones had taken a class

552
00:29:10,563 --> 00:29:14,803
in San Antonio strictly
on the use of this drug

553
00:29:14,843 --> 00:29:17,483
while she was
there being a nurse.

554
00:29:17,523 --> 00:29:21,083
She asked for that class
and learned the ins and outs

555
00:29:21,123 --> 00:29:22,923
of administering that drug.

556
00:29:22,963 --> 00:29:25,323
So, she was
very familiar with it

557
00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:28,883
before she came to kerrville
and what doses to use.

558
00:29:30,243 --> 00:29:32,963
Joe scoured the
world for a way to prove

559
00:29:33,003 --> 00:29:36,923
that Succinylcholine was
used to murder Chelsea.

560
00:29:36,963 --> 00:29:39,963
He found a doctor from Sweden
who had developed a way

561
00:29:40,003 --> 00:29:43,883
to identify the supposedly
undetectable drug

562
00:29:43,923 --> 00:29:45,483
in body tissue,

563
00:29:45,523 --> 00:29:49,363
but that meant investigators
had to make a difficult decision.

564
00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:56,163
On the may 7, 1983, with
the permission of her parents,

565
00:29:56,203 --> 00:29:58,963
Chelsea mcclellan's
body was exhumed.

566
00:30:00,403 --> 00:30:04,523
When they exhumed Chelsea
and open the casket, I was present.

567
00:30:05,723 --> 00:30:07,803
It was amazing that

568
00:30:07,843 --> 00:30:10,283
she looked like a
little doll laying there

569
00:30:10,323 --> 00:30:11,403
had her bonnet on,

570
00:30:11,443 --> 00:30:15,443
and her favourite little
toy was a little duck.

571
00:30:15,483 --> 00:30:19,083
It was really a sad moment
for all of us to witness.

572
00:30:20,203 --> 00:30:22,963
The body tissue was
examined in Stockholm

573
00:30:23,003 --> 00:30:25,323
and the results
showed conclusively

574
00:30:25,363 --> 00:30:28,843
that dangerously high
levels of Succinylcholine

575
00:30:28,883 --> 00:30:31,163
were present in
Chelsea mcclellan.

576
00:30:31,203 --> 00:30:33,363
She had been callously murdered

577
00:30:33,403 --> 00:30:35,683
by the nurse who was
meant to be helping her.

578
00:30:36,883 --> 00:30:38,363
After we found the drug,

579
00:30:38,403 --> 00:30:42,643
of course we knew that genene
Jones had been lying to us

580
00:30:42,683 --> 00:30:46,243
and she had been observed
also by another nurse

581
00:30:46,283 --> 00:30:47,723
as I previously stated,

582
00:30:47,763 --> 00:30:51,083
giving another shot
when Chelsea went down.

583
00:30:51,123 --> 00:30:52,843
And it all indicated,

584
00:30:52,883 --> 00:30:57,683
based on all the evidence now
that she was in our minds guilty.

585
00:30:59,363 --> 00:31:02,363
On may 25, 1983,

586
00:31:02,403 --> 00:31:06,683
genene Jones was arrested for
the murder of Chelsea mcclellan.

587
00:31:06,723 --> 00:31:10,563
But the 32-year-old nurse
denied any wrongdoing.

588
00:31:11,643 --> 00:31:14,603
I took genene Jones down first

589
00:31:14,643 --> 00:31:16,963
to be examined on the polygraph

590
00:31:17,003 --> 00:31:20,883
and questions were asked
regarding the investigation

591
00:31:20,923 --> 00:31:23,523
and her contact
with the patients

592
00:31:23,563 --> 00:31:25,883
and did she do
anything to injure them

593
00:31:25,923 --> 00:31:28,883
or give her any
substance or anything?

594
00:31:28,923 --> 00:31:32,203
And she actually
failed the polygraph.

595
00:31:32,243 --> 00:31:36,723
Based on the questions
asked, she did not pass it.

596
00:31:36,763 --> 00:31:39,523
Tried to talk to her
more, but she just,

597
00:31:39,563 --> 00:31:42,483
being who she was, she's
saying the polygraph wrong,

598
00:31:42,523 --> 00:31:44,003
"I didn't do nothing wrong,"

599
00:31:44,043 --> 00:31:48,483
and maintained she was innocent
of anything to those babies.

600
00:31:49,723 --> 00:31:51,763
In February 1984,

601
00:31:51,803 --> 00:31:54,443
genene Jones was
on trial for murder.

602
00:31:54,483 --> 00:31:55,643
In her defence,

603
00:31:55,683 --> 00:31:58,803
Jones argued that she
had used Succinylcholine

604
00:31:58,843 --> 00:32:03,483
on Chelsea mcclellan appropriately
and denied trying to kill her.

605
00:32:04,603 --> 00:32:06,723
I mean, this is a
complicated case.

606
00:32:06,763 --> 00:32:09,243
This is 1984.

607
00:32:09,283 --> 00:32:11,963
You know, there's a lot of
medical jargon that has to...

608
00:32:12,003 --> 00:32:14,763
You know, go around
for the jury to comprehend.

609
00:32:15,883 --> 00:32:19,323
But I'll tell you what,
this jury saw right through.

610
00:32:19,363 --> 00:32:22,683
And when people were
testifying in the courtroom...

611
00:32:23,923 --> 00:32:26,403
I mean, there wasn't
really a dry eye

612
00:32:26,443 --> 00:32:27,843
in the courtroom.

613
00:32:27,883 --> 00:32:32,803
The only dry eye in the
courtroom was genene Jones

614
00:32:32,843 --> 00:32:36,883
who didn't show any
emotion, anything.

615
00:32:38,363 --> 00:32:39,883
Jones was found guilty

616
00:32:39,923 --> 00:32:43,003
and sentenced to
99 years for murder.

617
00:32:43,043 --> 00:32:47,083
In October 1984, Jones
was found guilty once more

618
00:32:47,123 --> 00:32:49,323
for attempting to
kill Rolando Santos

619
00:32:49,363 --> 00:32:51,003
at bexar county hospital

620
00:32:51,043 --> 00:32:55,963
between December
1981 and January 1982.

621
00:32:56,003 --> 00:32:58,843
She was given another
60-year sentence

622
00:32:58,883 --> 00:33:02,123
that would run
concurrently to the 99 years

623
00:33:02,163 --> 00:33:04,723
she was already serving.

624
00:33:04,763 --> 00:33:07,803
It took the jury no time to
become completely convinced

625
00:33:07,843 --> 00:33:12,883
that she had indeed set out to
kill both Chelsea and Rolando...

626
00:33:14,003 --> 00:33:17,603
In a heartless, cruel manner.

627
00:33:17,643 --> 00:33:20,163
Thereby, trying to
make herself look,

628
00:33:20,203 --> 00:33:23,683
at one moment saviour,
at the next moment killer.

629
00:33:23,723 --> 00:33:28,403
It is a dreadful conceit, an
evidence of pure wickedness.

630
00:33:30,003 --> 00:33:32,483
Genene Jones
was finally in prison.

631
00:33:32,523 --> 00:33:37,243
But under Texas legislation,
she was due to be freed in 2018.

632
00:33:37,283 --> 00:33:39,843
Outraged by the
impending release date,

633
00:33:39,883 --> 00:33:41,243
a group of relatives

634
00:33:41,283 --> 00:33:44,043
who were certain Jones
had killed their loved ones

635
00:33:44,083 --> 00:33:46,483
came together to
fight the injustice.

636
00:33:46,523 --> 00:33:48,483
They wanted to keep genene Jones

637
00:33:48,523 --> 00:33:51,363
behind bars for good.

638
00:33:53,923 --> 00:33:58,323
By 2017 convicted
baby killer genene Jones

639
00:33:58,363 --> 00:34:01,723
had served 33 years
in prison for murder,

640
00:34:01,763 --> 00:34:04,443
but her time inside
was coming to an end.

641
00:34:05,803 --> 00:34:09,403
Legislation put in place
to ease the over population

642
00:34:09,443 --> 00:34:13,203
of prisons in Texas, meant
she would soon be free.

643
00:34:14,883 --> 00:34:19,003
Court reporter Elizabeth
Zavala followed the latest chapter

644
00:34:19,043 --> 00:34:21,403
in the story of
the killer nurse.

645
00:34:25,323 --> 00:34:28,283
Because of that law to
ease prison crowding,

646
00:34:28,323 --> 00:34:31,523
genene Jones would
have been eligible for parole

647
00:34:31,563 --> 00:34:33,443
in march of 2018.

648
00:34:34,643 --> 00:34:38,803
And for people in the
San Antonio community,

649
00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:40,803
bexar county, south Texas,

650
00:34:40,843 --> 00:34:45,003
even they just didn't want
to see a convicted baby killer

651
00:34:45,043 --> 00:34:48,283
like genene Jones be
released out into the public.

652
00:34:49,563 --> 00:34:51,803
The fight for justice
was spearheaded

653
00:34:51,843 --> 00:34:54,723
by the mother of genene
Jones's murder victim,

654
00:34:54,763 --> 00:34:56,883
Chelsea mcclellan.

655
00:34:56,923 --> 00:34:58,683
Petti mcclellan-wiese

656
00:34:58,723 --> 00:35:01,363
had refused to give up
the fight over the years

657
00:35:01,403 --> 00:35:03,603
whenever Jones
was up for parole.

658
00:35:04,763 --> 00:35:07,363
Petti would go to the
parole board hearings

659
00:35:07,403 --> 00:35:10,483
and she made it a point
to be there every time

660
00:35:10,523 --> 00:35:14,483
and argue for genene
Jones to stay behind bars.

661
00:35:15,643 --> 00:35:19,403
She was very
passionate about that

662
00:35:19,443 --> 00:35:21,963
because of her
own child's death,

663
00:35:22,003 --> 00:35:26,763
but also petti felt
very protective

664
00:35:26,803 --> 00:35:29,563
of the San Antonio mothers.

665
00:35:29,603 --> 00:35:31,483
Mothers in San Antonio

666
00:35:31,523 --> 00:35:34,323
who had lost babies
at bexar county hospital

667
00:35:34,363 --> 00:35:36,363
during Jones's time there

668
00:35:36,403 --> 00:35:39,283
all believed their children
could have been murdered

669
00:35:39,323 --> 00:35:41,403
by the killer nurse.

670
00:35:41,443 --> 00:35:46,083
Victim advocate Andy kahan
worked with petti mcclellan-wiese

671
00:35:46,123 --> 00:35:47,763
to find some new cases.

672
00:35:48,803 --> 00:35:52,243
We ended up actually
forming a Facebook group,

673
00:35:52,283 --> 00:35:56,123
a closed Facebook group called
victims of genene Anne Jones.

674
00:35:56,163 --> 00:35:58,003
And that's how we communicated.

675
00:35:58,043 --> 00:36:00,963
And we started hearing
from other families.

676
00:36:01,003 --> 00:36:05,003
Their infants also died
under quote 'the death shift'.

677
00:36:05,043 --> 00:36:07,723
And that's how we started
getting other people involved

678
00:36:07,763 --> 00:36:09,243
and other families involved.

679
00:36:09,283 --> 00:36:12,083
And it just
spiralled from there.

680
00:36:13,523 --> 00:36:16,163
With the help of
petti and Andy kahan,

681
00:36:16,203 --> 00:36:18,603
district attorney Joe Gonzalez

682
00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:21,723
identified a handful
of potential victims...

683
00:36:22,803 --> 00:36:24,763
We had five
separate indictments,

684
00:36:24,803 --> 00:36:26,043
the strongest

685
00:36:26,083 --> 00:36:31,323
of which was the case
involving young Joshua Sawyer.

686
00:36:31,363 --> 00:36:33,203
And I will tell you
that the reason that

687
00:36:33,243 --> 00:36:36,163
that case was the
strongest case that we had

688
00:36:36,203 --> 00:36:39,803
was because of his
mother, Connie weeks.

689
00:36:39,843 --> 00:36:43,323
She had kept meticulous records

690
00:36:43,363 --> 00:36:46,203
of her child going
to the doctor.

691
00:36:46,243 --> 00:36:48,163
Had it not been for her,

692
00:36:48,203 --> 00:36:49,803
I don't believe we
would have been able

693
00:36:49,843 --> 00:36:52,603
to prosecute genene
Jones the way we did.

694
00:36:54,043 --> 00:36:58,803
11-month-old Joshua Sawyer
had died at bexar county hospital

695
00:36:58,843 --> 00:37:00,403
while Jones was working

696
00:37:00,443 --> 00:37:03,003
in the paediatric
intensive care unit.

697
00:37:04,483 --> 00:37:09,283
Joshua Sawyer was brought
into hospital in December in 1981

698
00:37:09,323 --> 00:37:11,203
because there'd
been a fire in his home

699
00:37:11,243 --> 00:37:14,083
and he'd experienced
some smoke inhalation.

700
00:37:14,123 --> 00:37:17,003
And that shouldn't have
been the end of his life

701
00:37:17,043 --> 00:37:20,683
but he had a cardiac arrest
when he was in the hospital.

702
00:37:20,723 --> 00:37:21,803
And it transpired

703
00:37:21,843 --> 00:37:25,603
that he had a huge amount
of anti-seizure medication

704
00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:29,043
in his system way more
than the normal range.

705
00:37:30,203 --> 00:37:34,883
Joshua Sawyer had been injected
with a deadly amount of Dilantin,

706
00:37:34,923 --> 00:37:36,963
an anti-seizure medication.

707
00:37:38,603 --> 00:37:39,683
And so, the effect

708
00:37:39,723 --> 00:37:42,683
that it would have
had was a violent effect

709
00:37:42,723 --> 00:37:44,003
on his body, I think on...

710
00:37:44,043 --> 00:37:45,203
On the muscles.

711
00:37:45,243 --> 00:37:47,523
Basically, it was an
overdose of Dilantin.

712
00:37:47,563 --> 00:37:50,963
And so, that's what caused
the death of Joshua Sawyer.

713
00:37:52,323 --> 00:37:56,203
A series of hearings followed
in which it was decided

714
00:37:56,243 --> 00:37:58,123
that the new charges
could be brought

715
00:37:58,163 --> 00:37:59,963
against genene Jones.

716
00:38:00,003 --> 00:38:03,043
Much to the relief of
petti mcclellan-wiese

717
00:38:03,083 --> 00:38:04,203
and Andy kahan.

718
00:38:05,763 --> 00:38:07,643
I was floored.

719
00:38:07,683 --> 00:38:11,443
And it was quite an emotional
day, obviously for petti.

720
00:38:11,483 --> 00:38:14,363
It was emotional for me, who'd
been involved with this for...

721
00:38:14,403 --> 00:38:19,483
For so long to see her charged
and to know at least right now,

722
00:38:19,523 --> 00:38:21,723
she wouldn't be
legally released,

723
00:38:21,763 --> 00:38:25,003
but she was brought
back to bexar county jail

724
00:38:25,043 --> 00:38:27,883
and held in custody under
a one million dollar-bond

725
00:38:27,923 --> 00:38:30,003
pending the charges.

726
00:38:30,043 --> 00:38:35,243
Jones would remain behind
bars until a new trial date was set.

727
00:38:35,283 --> 00:38:38,203
Unfortunately, petti
mcclellan-wiese

728
00:38:38,243 --> 00:38:42,603
would not get to see justice
served for a second time.

729
00:38:42,643 --> 00:38:47,763
She passed away in
June 2019 at the age of 64.

730
00:38:50,123 --> 00:38:55,443
I remember getting a
call and sadly, at this time,

731
00:38:55,483 --> 00:38:57,643
petti had passed
away and that was...

732
00:38:57,683 --> 00:38:59,523
I was just

733
00:38:59,563 --> 00:39:02,443
so saddened by
her sudden passing.

734
00:39:02,483 --> 00:39:08,123
And she didn't get to live to
see the culmination of her efforts

735
00:39:08,163 --> 00:39:11,043
or culmination of efforts
lived through other families

736
00:39:11,083 --> 00:39:12,843
that she brought together.

737
00:39:12,883 --> 00:39:17,003
And she was kind of like
the godmother of this group.

738
00:39:17,043 --> 00:39:18,963
And everyone looked up to her.

739
00:39:23,403 --> 00:39:26,963
Suddenly, as preparations
were being made for the trial,

740
00:39:27,003 --> 00:39:31,323
word came through that genene
Jones had agreed to a plea bargain.

741
00:39:31,363 --> 00:39:34,843
She would plead guilty to
the murder of Joshua Sawyer

742
00:39:34,883 --> 00:39:36,843
in exchange for a life sentence

743
00:39:36,883 --> 00:39:39,403
and the other four
cases to be dropped.

744
00:39:40,563 --> 00:39:44,363
She was due to confirm this
at a San Antonio courthouse

745
00:39:44,403 --> 00:39:46,323
in January 2020.

746
00:39:47,923 --> 00:39:49,283
And you know keep in mind,

747
00:39:49,323 --> 00:39:52,763
at that time Jones could
change her mind at any moment.

748
00:39:52,803 --> 00:39:54,883
Because she's the one
who had agreed to the deal,

749
00:39:54,923 --> 00:39:56,379
and the deal was
she would plead guilty

750
00:39:56,403 --> 00:39:57,803
to the one murder

751
00:39:57,843 --> 00:40:00,323
and the other charges
would be dropped.

752
00:40:00,363 --> 00:40:02,443
There's always that
little apprehension

753
00:40:02,483 --> 00:40:04,763
that this isn't gonna happen.

754
00:40:04,803 --> 00:40:07,643
And when she
finally had pled guilty,

755
00:40:07,683 --> 00:40:11,683
it was quite a sense of relief
for everybody there that day.

756
00:40:12,963 --> 00:40:15,883
Genene Jones had
finally admitted to killing

757
00:40:15,923 --> 00:40:18,563
at least one baby
under her care.

758
00:40:20,203 --> 00:40:22,643
Has she suddenly
developed a conscience?

759
00:40:22,683 --> 00:40:26,323
Does she suddenly feel compassionate
for her victims and their relatives?

760
00:40:26,363 --> 00:40:28,603
No. I don't think so whatsoever.

761
00:40:28,643 --> 00:40:29,843
I think what's going on here

762
00:40:29,883 --> 00:40:32,803
is she's trying to prevent
a trial from taking place,

763
00:40:32,843 --> 00:40:35,523
because during a
trial a lot of information

764
00:40:35,563 --> 00:40:37,483
becomes known about you.

765
00:40:37,523 --> 00:40:40,883
And she would not want that
information to become known.

766
00:40:40,923 --> 00:40:43,683
So, she is essentially
taking back control

767
00:40:43,723 --> 00:40:45,643
by putting in this guilty plea.

768
00:40:47,043 --> 00:40:50,963
I actually looked to see whether
or not she had any reaction,

769
00:40:51,003 --> 00:40:53,083
I never saw any
tears in her eyes.

770
00:40:53,123 --> 00:40:56,723
I never saw any
indication of any remorse,

771
00:40:56,763 --> 00:41:01,803
which is pretty indicative of
your cold-blooded serial killers.

772
00:41:01,843 --> 00:41:06,523
Here you had a lady that as far
as I'm concerned was evil incarnate.

773
00:41:06,563 --> 00:41:08,083
She was a woman

774
00:41:08,123 --> 00:41:12,643
who made a point
of ending infants' lives

775
00:41:12,683 --> 00:41:16,123
and she didn't appear
to have any remorse.

776
00:41:16,163 --> 00:41:21,563
She never indicated in court
that she was sorry for what she did.

777
00:41:21,603 --> 00:41:23,803
In January 2020,

778
00:41:23,843 --> 00:41:27,043
genene Jones was
given another life sentence

779
00:41:27,083 --> 00:41:30,963
for the murder of
11-month-old Joshua Sawyer.

780
00:41:31,003 --> 00:41:34,803
Genene Jones was
sentenced to life in prison,

781
00:41:34,843 --> 00:41:38,843
which means that she will
have to serve the sentence

782
00:41:38,883 --> 00:41:41,003
until 2038,

783
00:41:41,043 --> 00:41:45,443
that is the first opportunity that
she has to be eligible for parole.

784
00:41:45,483 --> 00:41:49,323
Now, she will be about
87 years old at that time.

785
00:41:49,363 --> 00:41:52,443
And so, we suspect
that she may not make it

786
00:41:52,483 --> 00:41:57,003
or if she does that her
parole will be denied.

787
00:41:57,043 --> 00:42:00,763
We believe that she will spend
her very last breath in prison.

788
00:42:02,403 --> 00:42:05,163
I think that

789
00:42:05,203 --> 00:42:08,523
the families feel
they have justice.

790
00:42:09,763 --> 00:42:13,163
The one thing that
was always constant

791
00:42:13,203 --> 00:42:18,643
with each family member
of one of these children...

792
00:42:19,683 --> 00:42:24,323
Was that they wanted for
genene Jones to die in prison.

793
00:42:26,163 --> 00:42:29,123
Genene Jones has
officially been found guilty

794
00:42:29,163 --> 00:42:30,723
of two murders,

795
00:42:30,763 --> 00:42:33,483
but experts suggest
the real number of deaths

796
00:42:33,523 --> 00:42:35,843
caused by her deadly injections

797
00:42:35,883 --> 00:42:39,763
could be somewhere
between 40 and 60.

798
00:42:39,803 --> 00:42:41,563
But her continued silence

799
00:42:41,603 --> 00:42:44,243
means we may never
know the full story.

800
00:42:45,923 --> 00:42:49,003
Families will be
wondering for generations,

801
00:42:49,043 --> 00:42:51,403
whether or not they
lost their loved ones

802
00:42:51,443 --> 00:42:53,523
at the hand of this cold killer.

803
00:42:54,643 --> 00:42:59,483
When I look back at genene
Jones's reign of terror,

804
00:42:59,523 --> 00:43:04,243
I get angry and so upset
and very emotionally drained.

805
00:43:04,283 --> 00:43:06,963
Because, look at
who her victims were.

806
00:43:08,763 --> 00:43:10,643
These were infants.

807
00:43:10,683 --> 00:43:15,483
None of her victims could
run, yell, scream for help.

808
00:43:16,803 --> 00:43:19,243
They were at her mercy

809
00:43:19,283 --> 00:43:20,643
and they were at with someone

810
00:43:20,683 --> 00:43:23,283
whom families
believed they could trust.

811
00:43:25,083 --> 00:43:27,803
When somebody in the
medical field takes advantage of,

812
00:43:27,843 --> 00:43:29,523
especially a young baby

813
00:43:29,563 --> 00:43:32,483
that can't talk and
say what happened,

814
00:43:32,523 --> 00:43:36,403
and tell the story of
what genene Jones did

815
00:43:36,443 --> 00:43:39,923
when she took the
baby to the back...

816
00:43:39,963 --> 00:43:42,803
And pretty bad.

817
00:43:42,843 --> 00:43:46,443
And it's people that you
trust with your own kid...

818
00:43:48,203 --> 00:43:52,443
To help that kid get well, and
they ended up causing its death.

819
00:43:53,603 --> 00:43:55,363
What could be worse than that?

820
00:44:07,683 --> 00:44:09,243
(Sombre music)

821
00:44:12,003 --> 00:44:14,483
Jones was a cold-hearted killer.

822
00:44:14,523 --> 00:44:16,843
She took the lives
of young children

823
00:44:16,883 --> 00:44:21,483
who did not have the voice
or strength to fight against her.

824
00:44:21,523 --> 00:44:25,083
To intentionally harm
a child is a callous act,

825
00:44:25,123 --> 00:44:29,403
but to do it under the guise
of a caring nurse is abhorrent.

826
00:44:29,443 --> 00:44:32,883
And that's why genene Jones
will forever be remembered

827
00:44:32,923 --> 00:44:36,163
as one of the worlds'
most evil killers.

828
00:44:36,203 --> 00:44:39,203
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