Richard Angelo is a former nurse and a serial killer. He was born in New York on August 29, 1962, to a mother that was a teacher and a father that was a school guidance counselor. In 1989, he was convicted of murdering several of his patients and sentenced to fifty years-to-life in prison. Although, he will be eligible for parole in 2049.
The Early Childhood of Richard Angelo
Richard Angelo graduated from high school and then entered a two-year nursing program where he was a well-regarded honor roll student. There does not appear to be any childhood trauma such as neglect and abuse that generally will lead to child becoming a serial killer. We have no information from his childhood that would suggest he wet the bed, tortured animals and set fires which most budding serial killers tend to do. But of course, he went on to become a killer of the elderly.
The Victims of Richard Angelo
- John Stanley Fisher, 75
- Milton Poultney, 75
- Joseph Francis O'Neill, 79
- Frederick LaGois, 65
- Joan Hayes, 53
- Gerolamo Kuchich, 73
- Anthony Greene, 57
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The killer came to the attention of the public in October 1987. He was suspected of killing patients with poison. At that time, he was employed at the Good Samaritans Medical Center. Angelo injected a patient with medication that was not prescribed. After the injection the patient felt unwell. The patient felt the need to call a nurse to help him since he was not feeling well. The patient explained before he began to feel unwell that Angelo had given him an injection. Angelo was arrested for assault on the patient because he was the only person to match the description given to the police by the patient and the staff.
Lady Justice
Angelo confessed to having poisoned other patients with Pancuronium and Suxamethonium Chloride. These drugs are used during anesthesia. At least thirty deceased patients were exhumed and examined for traces of these powerful paralyzing agents. The presence of Pavulon was detected in seven victims. Angelo was suspected of poisoning at least thirty-five people at the hospital. The medical examiner was unable to conclusively attribute all the deaths to the injections. Angelo wanted to be seen as hero to the staff and the victims’ families. He would inject them with the medication and save them in front of his colleagues. After his arrest, he declined to pay his $50,000 bail. He feared for his safety from the victims’ families and the public. Richard Angelo is serving a life sentence at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He will be eligible for parole in 2049 at the ripe old age of eighty-seven.
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