She was the monster that no one saw coming. That is how federal Judge Thomas Kleeh described Reta Mays as he sentenced her to life in prison in May 2021.
Uncredited/AP
Reta Mays, a former US nursing assistant pleaded guilty to intentionally killing seven patients with fatal doses of insulin.
A former US 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 US judge who called her the monster that no one sees coming.” Reta Mays has a history of mental health issues, and offered no explanation 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.
UPDATED: May 12, 2021 12:18 IST
Reta Mays has a history of mental health issues, and offered no explanation Tuesday for why she killed the men. (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.
oxygen Insider Exclusive!
Sign Up for Free to View
A West Virginia nursing assistant and Army veteran who admitted to killing seven elderly men at a Veteran’s Administration hospital over a year-long period ending in 2018 will be jailed for the rest of her life, a court ruled on Tuesday.
Reta Mays, an Army National Guard vet who served in a non-combat position in Iraq and Afghanistan, pleaded guilty in 2020 to the seven killings at Clarksburg’s Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center at a July plea hearing. A federal judge handed the 46-year-old consecutive life sentences on Tuesday afternoon for each of the seven counts of second-degree murder she said she committed.
US nurse sentenced to life in prison for murdering 7 veterans with unprescribed insulin Associated Press
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.