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The Nurse Who Overdosed And Murdered Four Child Patients

Beverly Allitt severely harmed nine other child patients.

Jules
5 min readAug 4, 2022
Beverly Allitt | Photo Credits: The Sun

Beverly Allitt was dubbed the “Angel of Death” by the nation when her crimes surfaced in 1993. She murdered a child as young as seven weeks old.

History Of Faking Serious Injuries

Beverly was born on October 4, 1968. Like every child, she craved attention. Unlike every child, she faked fatal injuries to get it.

She wore fake casts and dressed made-up wounds to cry wolf. It was all a ploy to get others to treat her special.

After a perfectly healthy appendix operation, she intentionally worsened the wound. Eventually, she had to be re-admitted to the hospital because of it.

She was a deeply disturbed child.

Beverly changed many doctors. The moment one of them caught onto her attention-seeking tricks, she shifted to another.

After her crimes surfaced, Beverly’s ex-boyfriend admitted that she lied about being pregnant and raped to end the relationship.

Somehow, she still managed to become a certified nurse.

Immediately after completing her training, she secured a six-month contract at a perpetually

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Jules
Jules

Written by Jules

Psychology Expert | MSc Social and Cultural Psychology

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