Katariina Pantila
Appearance
Katariina Meri-Tuulia Pantila (born Katariina Hyttinen, first marriage Katariina Lönnqvist, divorced during the trial of poisonings. Second marriage in prison Katariina Pantila.) Born 1981 - died March 8, 2010) was a Finnish murderer and nurse.
Activities
In March 2007 Pantila, a nurse, gave a baby an injection of insulin at a family gathering. A few days later she murdered a mentally disabled patient she was caring for. She was apprehended, put on trial and convicted of the murder of the patient and the attempted murder of the baby.[1]
In March 2010 Pantila was found dead in her prison cell.
References
- ^ Finland's "angel of death" nurse found dead Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, Dalje.com
See also
Other nurses convicted of murdering patients: