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Mays cried and apologized in addressing the court briefly before learning her sentence.
“I know that there’s no words that I can say that would alter the families’ pain and comfort,” she said. “I don’t ask for forgiveness because I don’t think I could forgive anyone for doing what I did.”
Hospital officials reported the deaths to the VA inspector general and fired Mays after evidence pointed to her.
An interview with Mays after her guilty plea was included in a lengthy report released after Tuesday s sentencing by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General detailing deficiencies at the hospital.
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Reta Mays has a history of mental health issues, and offered no explanation for why she killed the men. AP Photo
CHARLESTON: A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a West Virginia hospital was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday by a federal judge who called her the monster that no one sees coming. Reta Mays has a history of mental health issues, and offered no explanation Tuesday for why she killed the men. But US District Judge Thomas Kleeh told her you knew what you were doing before sentencing her to seven consecutive life terms, a punishment that means she ll likely die in prison.
Mays cried and apologized in addressing the court briefly before learning her sentence.
“I know that there’s no words that I can say that would alter the families’ pain and comfort,” she said. “I don’t ask for forgiveness because I don’t think I could forgive anyone for doing what I did.”
Hospital officials reported the deaths to the VA inspector general and fired Mays after evidence pointed to her.
An interview with Mays after her guilty plea was included in a lengthy report released after Tuesday s sentencing by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General detailing deficiencies at the hospital.
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By JOHN RABY Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a West Virginia hospital was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday by a federal judge who called her “the monster that no one sees coming.”
Reta Mays has a history of mental health issues, and offered no explanation Tuesday for why she killed the men. But U.S. District Judge Thomas Kleeh told her “you knew what you were doing” before sentencing her to seven consecutive life terms, a punishment that means she’ll likely die in prison.