German Nurse Serial Murder Case: Authorities Link Convict to 100+ More Deaths
German prosecutors are investigating over 100 additional deaths linked to a nurse already convicted of 10 murders. The probe covers his work across multiple hospitals since 2015.
He played 'master of life and death' on the night shift. Now, authorities suspect he may have claimed over 100 more victims. An ex-nurse already serving a life sentence for murdering 10 patients in western Germany is now the focus of a massive expanded investigation, according to the BBC and other international outlets.
Expanding the German Nurse Serial Murder Case Investigation
In November 2025, a regional court in Aachen convicted the unnamed palliative care nurse of 10 counts of murder and 27 counts of attempted murder. The court found that between December 2023 and May 2024, he administered lethal doses of sedatives to patients at Rhein-Maas hospital in Würselen to satisfy a personal desire for order.
The scope has now widened significantly. Katja Schlenkermann-Pitts, the chief public prosecutor, told reporters there's a "correspondingly high number of suspicious cases" under review. Investigators have ordered approximately 60 exhumations to search for forensic evidence of poisoning. The probe extends back to 2015, covering his previous tenure at hospitals in Cologne.
Echoes of Niels Högel: A System Under Scrutiny
The case hauntingly mirrors that of Niels Högel, Germany's most prolific serial killer, who was convicted in 2019 for murdering 85 patients. Both cases highlight a terrifying vulnerability in healthcare settings where night-shift nurses operate with minimal supervision over critically ill patients.
Of course, these [cases] may still be dropped, but we have a duty to investigate every suspicious death linked to the defendant's shifts.
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