In Germany, a nurse became a serial killer in search of "peace and quiet" (4 photos)

It's been a while since we had a burnt-out maniac.





The 44-year-old man worked at the Rhein-Maas-Klinikum in Würselen, not that he didn't like his job, but apparently the night shifts in the palliative care department, where they provide care to seriously and terminally ill patients, were hard on him.

Instead of quitting his boring job, the guy couldn't think of anything better than injecting patients with horse doses of sleeping pills and painkillers. He started doing this in 2020, and the management only noticed that something was wrong in 2024.



Over the past year, during such "quiet" night shifts, 5 patients have gone to the next world, and another 25 have been resuscitated. Among the victims were not only terminally ill patients, but also people whose condition had improved and who were about to be discharged. Only after this did the clinic management suspect something was wrong and suspended the orderly from work. Just in case.

They called the police, they were stunned by the scale of it and started to investigate. As the investigation continued, more and more cases were discovered. To clarify the situation, officials visited several cemeteries and exhumed at least four bodies. The man was arrested.





The hospital where the maniac worked.

When asked why he did this, he simply replied that he wanted his shifts to be quiet and peaceful.

But even after the charges were filed, the homicide squad continued to work. And they found even more victims: Just two weeks before the start of the nurse's trial, the prosecutor's office filed additional charges of four more murders and nine attempted murders, the Aachener Zeitung reports.



Senior prosecutor Katja Schlenkermann-Pitts, who is responsible for investigating the murders at the hospital.

The charges filed so far only cover the period from December 2023 to May 2024. The actions of the alleged serial killer at the Rhein-Maas Clinic over the previous three years are still being investigated.