Former VA health worker sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven patients via insulin poisoning 2 days ago Reta Mays, a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., was sentenced to prison Tuesday for intentionally killing seven patients with fatal doses of insulin in 2017 and 2018. (West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority via AP) A former Veterans Affairs nursing assistant on Tuesday was sentenced to life in prison for murdering multiple patients through insulin overdoses in an act she described as helping them die “gently,” even though none of the victims were facing life-threatening conditions.