German Palliative Care Nurse Sentenced to Life for Murdering 10 Patients to Reduce Workload

Nov 07, 2025 02:09 am CST

A German court has sentenced a palliative care nurse to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering 10 patients and attempting to kill 27 others between December 2023 and May 2024. The unnamed nurse administered lethal doses of morphine and midazolam to elderly patients during night shifts to reduce his workload, demonstrating a profound lack of empathy that led prosecutors to describe him as acting like a "master of life and death."