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Daniela Poggiali

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Daniela Poggiali
Born1971-1972 (age 52-53)
Details
Victims38 alleged
Span of crimes
2013–2014
CountryItaly
Date apprehended
9 October 2014

Daniela Poggiali is an Italian nurse who was accused of killing 38 of her patients. She was exonerated in 2021, after confounding factors were found in a statistical reanalysis of the hospital’s mortality data.[1]

She took photos of herself with some of the victims' bodies. She was arrested after an autopsy on 78-year-old Rosa Calderoni revealed dangerous levels of potassium in her body. 38 of 86 of her patients died within a three-month period.[2][3]

She has been found not guilty by Supreme Court in January 2023 [4] An account of her case relating it to those of other nurses convicted of killing patients also describes the questions raised by Richard D. Gill about the statistical analyses often used in such cases.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies, Did She Do It?". New Yorker. 13 May 2024. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.; "Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis". 25 April 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Italian nurse who took photos with dead patients accused of murder". theguardian.com. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ^ "ITALIAN NURSE ACCUSED OF KILLING 38 PATIENTS SHE FOUND 'ANNOYING'". 6abc.com. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Cassazione. Assoluzione definitiva per Daniela Poggiali". rainews.it.
  5. ^ Jones, Tobias (19 October 2024). "'The case became a witch hunt': how 'killer nurse' Daniela Poggiali fought to clear her name". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 October 2024.