Terri Rachals
Terri Rachals | |
|---|---|
| Born | Terri Eden Maples Rachals |
| Criminal penalty | 17 years in prison Released in 2003 |
| Details | |
| Victims | 6-9 |
| Country | U.S. |
| State(s) | Georgia |
Terri Eden Maples Rachals is a former nurse from Georgia who was accused of killing people at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia with potassium chloride, a heart-stopping drug. While suspected of killing at least nine of her patients, she was charged with only six murders, three of which she acknowledged possibly committing while in a "fugue state" in a recanted confession that she made to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.[1]
Her trial, held in 1986, found her guilty on one of twenty aggravated assault charges. The other nineteen charges, as well as the ones for murder, were dismissed after a psychiatrist testified that she suffered from depression and other disorders that made her unaware of what she was doing.[1]
Rachals served 17 years in prison and was released in 2003.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ a b "CBS News: Angel Of Death?". Archived from the original on September 13, 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ "Geocites: Terri Rachals". Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ "Caselaw". Retrieved 2015-01-04.
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