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If you wanted to become a serial killer, where might you go to do it? It seems there are few places better than a hospital. The latest example is Lucy Letby, a British neonatal ICU nurse recently conv...

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Pediatric nurse Genene Jones may have murdered "up to sixty" babies in the 1980s. It took three more decades to ensure she'd stay locked up for life. Pediatric nurse Genene Jones may have murdered "up to sixty" babies in the 1980s. It took three more decades to ensure she'd stay locked up for life.

Than one year for every infant shes credited with murdering. >> reporter: sadly, theres reason to believe other victims exist. when jones worked at bear hospital in san antonio between 1978 and 1982, her shift became known as the death shift, because so many babies were mysteriously dying. sherry pendergraph worked alongside her. >> the death rate was higher than it had been in previous months and previous years as i went back. so we started to question why is that happening? i also noticed that...

Crimes between 1977 and 1987 to be released if their good behavior credit and time served equals their sentence. the law was changed in 1987 to exclude violent criminals, but it isnt retro active. chelseas mom is desperately trying to find other mothers whose babies that may have also been killed by janeane jones. otherwi otherwise, she may be the first serial killer to walk free. >> she will have served less than one year for every infant shes credited with murdering. >> reporter: sadly, theres...

Its now a game of beat the clock. chelseas mother and andy kahn a victims advocate for the city of houston are desperately trying to find other mothers whose babies that may have also been killed by genene jones. otherwise, she may be the first serial killer to walk free. >> in reality, shell have served less than one year for every infant she is credited with murdering. its unheard of. its never happened in the history of our country. >> reporter: sadly, theres reason to believe other victims e...

So the reality is -- and lets be practical. all you do here is enough evidence. more likely than not to get an arrest warrant, to get an indictment, you hold this woman, you keep her behind bars and you put your case together. so if the goal is to keep her in, you can keep her in. >> the fact that her shift was called the death shift, is that anecdotal? >> its so hard to say whether that evidence will be entered. certainly we dont want to convict someone by a propensity. so to say in a vacuum, i...

Have been killed by genene jones. otherwise, she may be the first serial killer ever to walk free. >> in reality, she would have served less than one year for every infant she has credited with murdering. its unheard of and its never happened before in our countrys history. >> reporter: sadly, theres reason to believe that other victims exist. when jones worked at bear hospital in san antonio between 1978 and 1982, her shift became known as the death shift because so many babies were mysteriousl...