Fired VA staffer facing 7 murder counts in insulin deaths

By Anthony Izaguirre, The Associated Press

Posted Jul 14, 2020 11:49:01 AM.

Last Updated Jul 14, 2020 11:54:08 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A former staffer at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia is being charged with killing seven patients by giving them fatal doses of insulin, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

Reta Mays, a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, is being charged with second degree murder in the deaths of seven people and assault with the intent to commit murder of an eighth person.

Mays’ attorney did not immediately return a voicemail seeking comment. She has a plea hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

Anthony Izaguirre, The Associated Press

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