German killer nurse sentenced to life for murdering 97 patients
6 June 2019; DW: Serial killer and former nurse Niels Högel was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the murder of 85 patients.
Högel was originally accused of having murdered 100 patients while on duty as a nurse from June 1999 until 2005. The victims, people of all ages and backgrounds, some in bad health and others on the mend, had trusted the medical centers in Lower Saxony where Högel worked with their lives.