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German Nurse Linked to Over 100 Suspicious Deaths

1/23/2026

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  • A German nurse convicted of murdering 10 patients and attempting to kill 27 others is linked to over 100 additional deaths, prosecutors say.
  • Investigators have ordered about 60 exhumations at a Würselen hospital to examine earlier suspicious deaths.
  • Lucy Letby, the British nurse, was sentenced to 15 life terms for murdering seven infants.
  • The Crown Prosecution Service cited insufficient evidence to pursue new charges.
  • Inquests into six Letby-related baby deaths begin February 4.