Katariina Pantila
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Katariina Meri-Tuulia Pantila (born Katariina Hyttinen, first marriage Katariina Lönnqvist, divorced during the trial of poisonings. Second marriage in prison Katariina Pantila. Born 1981 - died March 8, 2010) was a Finnish
murderer and nurse.
at a family gathering. A few days later she then murdered a mentally disabled patient she was caring for. She was apprehended and put on trial where she was convicted of the murder of the patient and the attempted murder of the baby.
In March 2010 Pantila was found dead in her prison cell.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
murderer and nurse.
Activities
In March 2007 Pantila, a nurse, gave a baby an injection of insulinInsulin
Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....
at a family gathering. A few days later she then murdered a mentally disabled patient she was caring for. She was apprehended and put on trial where she was convicted of the murder of the patient and the attempted murder of the baby.
In March 2010 Pantila was found dead in her prison cell.
See also
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- Aino Nykopp-KoskiAino Nykopp-KoskiAino Nykopp-Koski is a Finnish serial killer. She worked as a nurse and was found guilty of killing five patients and the attempted murder of five more. No motive was established for the murders.-Activities:...
- Catherine WilsonCatherine WilsonCatherine Wilson was a British woman who was hanged for one murder, but was generally thought at the time to have committed six others. She worked as a nurse and poisoned her victims after encouraging them to leave her money in their wills...