THE DEATH SHIFT The True Story of Nurse Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders

Paperback. In mid-1981, in a San Antonio public hospital, patients in the paediatric intensive care unit began experiencing inexplicable emergencies. Babies were suddenly dying. There was one common thread: all the incidents were occurring on the 3-11pm shift - while nurse Genene Jones was on duty. As the crisis escalated, the hospital conducted an internal investigation and confronted the horrible prospect that one of its nurses was taking lives. Fearing adverse publicity, hospital officials said nothing, and removed Jones by "upgrading" the ICU staff. With a good recommendation from the hospital, she moved on to a private paediatrician's clinic in a small town in the nearby Texas hill country, where, surprise, surprise, the pattern began again. The ultimate investigation into medical homicide, proved to be one of the most extensive in Texas history. A drama of criminal madness. Illus. + Epilogue. 400pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+ with no creasing to covers.