Reta Mays
PARKERSBURG A former aide convicted of killing patients at the Louis A. Johnson Clarksburg VA Medical Center got the appropriate sentence, a U.S. senator from West Virginia said Tuesday.
Reta Mays, 46, was sentenced Tuesday to seven consecutive life sentences for murder and 20 years for assault with attempt to murder an eighth victim at the facility. She injected them with unprescribed doses of insulin, causing hypoglycemia and their deaths.
“Justice has been served,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told reporters in a video press conference Tuesday from Washington, D.C.
The report by the Office of the Inspector General about the homicides, also released Tuesday, cites numerous deficiencies, the most egregious being a background check was never done on Mays before she was hired, Manchin said. For example, a check would have found Mays was involved in an allegation of excessive force while employed at the North Central Regional Jail, Manchin said.
JESS MANCINI For The Intelligencer
PARKERSBURG A former aide convicted of killing patients at the Louis A. Johnson Clarksburg VA Medical Center got the appropriate sentence, a U.S. senator from West Virginia said Tuesday.
Reta Mays, 46, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Clarksburg to seven consecutive life sentences for murder and 20 years for assault with attempt to murder an eighth victim at the facility.
She injected them with unprescribed doses of insulin, causing hypoglycemia and their deaths.
“Justice has been served,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told reporters in a video press conference Tuesday from Washington, D.C.
Report into LaSalle home deaths raises criminal probe questions
SARAH MANSUR
Capitol News Illinois
SPRINGFIELD Some Republicans in the General Assembly, including House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, are calling for a criminal investigation into the COVID-19 related deaths at the state-run LaSalle Veterans’ Home.
The push for a criminal probe comes after a state investigative report was released Friday that found there were widespread failures at the LaSalle facility and the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs that contributed to 36 resident deaths there since November.
The report from the state Department of Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General found the facility failed to prepare for an outbreak, lacked infection prevention plans or policies, and had major issues with communication, staff training and education. It also found that senior officials at the IDVA and LaSalle facility were not taking control or actively managing the outbreak as it became a cris
Originally published on May 3, 2021 3:56 pm
Some Republicans in the General Assembly, including House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, are calling for a criminal investigation into the COVID-19 related deaths at the state-run LaSalle Veterans’ Home.
The push for a criminal probe comes after a state investigative report was released Friday that found there were widespread failures at the LaSalle facility and the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs that contributed to 36 resident deaths there since November.
The report from the state Department of Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General found the facility failed to prepare for an outbreak, lacked infection prevention plans or policies, and had major issues with communication, staff training and education. It also found that senior officials at the IDVA and LaSalle facility were not taking control or actively managing the outbreak as it became a crisis.