Elizabeth Wettlaufer - Agreed Statement of Facts

Court File 05/17
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

(Southwest Region at Woodstock)
B E T W E E N:
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
AND
ELIZABETH TRACY MAE WETTLAUFER
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ON GUILTY PLEA
Overview
1. Elizabeth Tracy Mae Wettlaufer is charged on a fourteen-count indictment. She
is charged with eight counts of first degree murder, four counts of attempted murder and
two counts of aggravated assault. She pleads guilty to all counts. The counts are
summarized in this chart.

Count # Charge Victim name Dates alleged Venue
1 Agg asslt Clotilde Adriano 2007 (June 25 to Dec 31) Woodstock
(Caressant Care)
2 Agg asslt Albina DeMedeiros 2007 (June 25 to Dec 31) As above
3 1st d. murder James Silcox 2007 (Aug 11) As above
4 1st d. murder Maurice Grant 2007 (Dec 22-23) As above
5 Att. murder Wayne Hedges 2008 (Sept 1 to Dec 31) As above
6 Att. murder Michael Priddle 2008-2009 (Jan. 1, 2008 As above
to Dec. 31, 2009)
7 1st d. murder Helen Matheson 2011 (Oct 25-26) As above
8 1st d. murder Gladys Millard 2011 (Oct 13-14) As above
9 1st d. murder Mary Zurawinski 2011 (Nov. 6-7) As above
10 1st d. murder Helen Young 2013 (July 13-14) As above
11 1st d. murder Maureen Pickering 2014 (March 22-28) As above
12 1st d. murder Arpad Horvath 2014 (August 23-31) London (Meadow Park)
13 Att. murder Sandra Towler 2015 (Sept 1-30) Paris (Telfer Place)
14 Att. murder Beverly Bertram 2016 (Aug 1-30) Ingersoll (in a private
home)
2. The facts in this document are admitted by the parties and form the basis for the
plea. This document is to be tendered as evidence and, subject to the direction of the
Court, will then be public. Victim Impact Statements will be filed in on sentencing.
3. It is understood there are no agreements outside those set out in this document.
4. Of the counts involving fatalities, there were no autopsies except upon the two
deceased who were disinterred in 2017 (Helen Matheson and Arpad Horvath). All other
deceased had been cremated so disinterment was not possible.
Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 2

Background
5. The accused, Elizabeth Bethe Tracy Mae Wettlaufer, was born June 10th,
1967. She has one sibling and both her parents are still alive. Wettlaufer was raised in
the Woodstock area where she attended school and church.
6. Following secondary school, Ms. Wettlaufer enrolled in various schools, including
Conestoga College where she obtained her diploma as a Registered Nurse in 1995.
She completed the 3 year course in nursing which involved palliative and seniors care,
medication administration and client health care.
7. From 1995 until 2007, Ms. Wettlaufer was employed by a number of institutions
and agencies in the health care field - eventually as a registered nurse. She married in
1997, but the marriage dissolved in 2007. She does not have children. She is divorced.
Ms. Wettlaufer later explained that she eventually found herself feeling immense
pressure.
Caressant Care
8. On June 25, 2007 Ms. Wettlaufer began her employment as a registered nurse
(RN) with the Caressant Care Nursing Home located at 81 Fyfe Avenue, in the City of
Woodstock. This establishment included both rehabilitation/physiotherapy facilities as
well as end of life palliative care.

9. As an RN, Ms. Wettlaufer was responsible for assessments, care planning,
scheduling and charting various nursing treatments such as skin and wound care and
medication administration. Her duties included supervising the registered practical
nurses (RPNs) as well as the personal support workers (PSWs). Ms. Wettlaufer had
access to prescription medicine and medical supplies, and she knew that the insulin
stored at the facility was neither secured nor strictly accounted for. Ms. Wettlaufer often
worked nights with minimal supervision and had ready and immediate access to insulin.
Insulin and Hypoglycemia
10. All of the matters before this court involve the injection of insulin. It is essential,
therefore, to understand certain basic facts about insulin, glucose and how insulin can
impact health. Glucose, sometimes called blood sugar, is a simple sugar which our
bodies need for fuel. Normally, we get glucose from the foods we eat and some fluids.
Our bodies function best when glucose levels stay within a normal range.
11. Humans naturally produce two substances that stabilize glucose levels
glucagon and insulin. Should glucose levels get too low, a condition called
hypoglycemia, glucagon is secreted to elevate blood sugar level. Should ones glucose
level get too high, a condition called hyperglycemia, naturally-produced insulin is
secreted to lower blood sugar level. Normally, the body is able to keep glucose levels
within the normal range.

12. Diabetics do not stabilize their blood sugar levels properly so they take measures
to ensure blood sugar remains within the normal range. To that end, some diabetics
take synthetic insulin by injection. Some diabetics control blood sugar by a
hypoglycaemic agent in a pill form which is not it is not insulin. (It is a different drug, the
specifics of which are unimportant in this case). Insulin, again, lowers blood sugar
levels. Many elderly people have diabetes to varying degrees so synthetic insulin is
commonly administered in facilities that care for the elderly. Synthetic insulin has
various brand names but there are two broad classes that matter in this case. There is
long acting and short acting insulin which, as the names suggest, are intended to be
effective in lowering blood sugar levels more immediately or more slowly over a longer
period of time. Both are commonly available in long term care facilities that tend to the
needs of the elderly. How synthetic insulin is used - its form, its timing and its quantity -
is individualized to a patients needs and metabolism. Injection of insulin is normally
accomplished by inserting cartridges of insulin inside an insulin pen - a simple pen-like
device with a needle on one end and a dial and button on the other. Models vary
somewhat but they work the same way more or less. They allow users to turn a dial (or
dial up) to set the desired amount of insulin to be injected from the cartridge then to
use the needle end to inject the set amount of insulin into the person who needs it.
13. Insulin injected into a person with high blood sugar helps to lower their blood
sugar to a normal range. Insulin can save the lives of those who need it. If injected into
a person who does not need it, insulin will still have an impact. Depending on quantity,
it may drop their blood sugar levels below the normal range. If blood sugar level drops
too low, they will suffer from hypoglycemia, or become hypoglycemic.

14. Hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, can be mild or quite serious. The spectrum of
symptoms is wide and non-specific. That is, the observable symptoms of hypoglycemia
are the same symptoms one might observe in relation to many other medical conditions.
Persons suffering hypoglycemia may experience confusion, paleness, diaphoresis (the
medical term for sweating), shakiness, irritability, hunger, anxiety, tachycardia (the
medical term for an abnormally rapid heart rate), dizziness, headache and/or weakness.
Again, it is noteworthy that many of these symptoms are commonly observed and
experienced in relation to many other medical conditions, not merely hypoglycemia.
When hypoglycemia becomes sever enough, a person may experience a reduced level
of consciousness, coma or death. The full impact of injected insulin often takes hours. It
is not usually an instant killer. When it is severe enough, hypoglycemia can damage
brain tissue in a particular way. For that reason, even after blood chemistry has
deteriorated, it may be possible to find evidence corroborating hypoglycemia by
examining the tissue of the brain.
15. As will be explained later, Ms. Wettlaufer gave a number of lengthy statements in
which she provided significant detail about her criminal activities. In relation to some of
the counts before this court, medical records obtained after she confessed, revealed
some symptoms associated with hypoglycemia and confirmed that Ms. Wettlaufer was
on duty overseeing the care of certain victims at the relevant times (thereby providing
some circumstantial confirmation of her actions). The medical records do not show
precisely what she was injecting into victims because Ms. Wettlaufer was not making
notes about injecting victims with insulin beyond the medically prescribed amount. She

deliberately refrained from recording her criminal actions to avoid raising suspicions.
Ms. Wettlaufer explained to police, however, that as a registered nurse she knew if
your blood sugar goes low enough, you can die. She explained that she never knew
how much insulin was required to cause death. She believed there was no set amount
it was kinda hit and miss.
Specific Counts
Count 1: Clotilde Adriano
16. Clotilde Adriano passed away in 2008. Ms. Wettlaufer admits committing
aggravated assault by injecting Mrs. Adriano with
insulin in 2007 thereby endangering her life.
17. Clotilde Adriano was born October 25, 1920
and resided in the Woodstock area where she
married and raised her family. Clotilda Adriano and
her husband, (deceased in 1997) had two children.
Mrs. Adriano had many siblings, including a sister-in-
law, Albina DeMedeiros, who was also a resident of
Caressant Care and is the alleged victim in the next
count.

18. On March 5, 2007, Mrs. Adriano moved into Caressant Care and had a number
of ailments including diabetes which was controlled with injected insulin. She also had
dementia. In the initial months of moving into the facility, Adrianos insulin medication
required adjustment.
19. In June 2007, Ms. Wettlaufer had started working at Caressant Care. In July
2007 Mrs. Adriano was experiencing hypoglycemic incidents which tend to occur in the
evening. Ms. Wettlaufer eventually told police that she had little interaction with Mrs.
Adriano and felt no ill-will towards her, however, Ms. Wettlaufer said, she felt
overwhelmingly angry about her career, responsibilities, and her life in general.
20. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that she recalled working a night shift when she
attended Mrs. Adrianos room. Ms. Wettlaufer deliberately injected Mrs. Adriano with an
additional dose of insulin (additional to the prescribed amount). The insulin was part of
Mrs. Adrianos own supply of long-acting insulin. Ms. Wettlaufer said she believed it was
anywhere from 30 to 40 units. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that she thought to herself, I
didnt really want her to die I just I dont know I was just angry and um had this sense
inside me that she might be a person that God wanted back with him. I honestly felt that
God wanted to use me. When asked, Ms. Wettlaufer explained that she did not feel like
she was doing the right thing for any of the victims.
21. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that she selected Mrs. Adriano simply because Mrs.
Adriano was already diabetic and insulin-dependent so insulin was readily available.

Ms. Wettlaufer admitted that she gave Mrs. Adriano additional insulin on more than one
occasion, the first time being prior to the time when her third victim, Mr. Silcox, died.
22. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that when Mrs. Adriano experienced low blood sugar
due to extra insulin injections, she was successfully treated by other nursing staff.
Count 2: Albina DeMedeiros
23. Albina DeMedeiros passed away in 2010. Ms.
Wettlaufer admits committing aggravated assault by
injecting Mrs. DeMedeiros with insulin in 2007 thereby
endangering her life.
24. Albina DeMedeiros was born February 25, 1919 in
Portugal and moved to Canada to join her brothers and
family. She married and worked alongside her husband
growing tobacco in the Woodstock area. Although they
did not have any children of their own, her husband had
children from a previous marriage.
25. When the DeMedeiros were living in the Woodstock area, Mrs. DeMedeiros
cognition declined so home safety became a real concern. On April 12, 2006 she was
admitted to Caressant Care where she was placed in a room beside her sister-in-law,
Clotilda Adriano, where Ms. Wettlaufer worked. Mrs. DeMedeiros medical history
included diabetes which required insulin injections.

26. Between June 25, 2007 (the day Ms. Wettlaufer started working at Caressant
Care) and December 31, 2007, Ms. Wettlaufer, gave Mrs. DeMedeiros a non-medically
prescribed dose of 30 to 40 units of long lasting insulin.
27. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that she overdosed Mrs. DeMedeiros on more than
one occasion and opted not to offer any medical assistance to help Mrs. DeMedeiros
following the injections. Ms. Wettlaufer explained that other nurses found her with low
blood sugar and treated Mrs. DeMedeiros to elevate and stabilize her blood sugar
levels.
28. Ms. Wettlaufer maintains the first time she injected Mrs. DeMedeiros was prior to
injecting her third victim, James Silcox. Ms. Wettlaufer added that Mrs. DeMedeiros
had not done anything wrong nor had she provoked Ms. Wettlaufer but she was
selected because she was diabetic and that made easier to use her own available
insulin. Ms. Wettlaufer also estimated to police that she overdosed Mrs. DeMedeiros in
October, 2007.
29. Medical records in October and November 2007 show that Ms. Wettlaufer
attended to Mrs. DeMedeiros and that Mrs. DeMedeiros had a number of events that
resulted in symptoms consistent with low blood sugar. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that
she survived because her low blood sugar was always successfully treated by other
nursing staff.

Count 3: James Silcox
30. Ms. Wettlaufer admits fatally injecting James Silcox with insulin in August 2007.
She admits the injections were made unlawfully with intent to end his life after she
considered the consequences of giving the injections and after weighing the advantages
and disadvantages of giving them.
31. James Lancing Silcox was born on
February 17th, 1923 and settled for most of his
life in the City of Woodstock. He was a World
War II veteran and had been married for 63
years. He was the father of six children, a
grandfather and a great grandfather. He had
worked in the Woodstock area at Standard Tube
Inc. for over thirty years.
32. In the spring of 2007 Mr. Silcox had a stroke which resulted in a four and a half
month stay in hospital. The stroke affected his right side and this left him prone to
falling which he did while in the hospital resulting in a broken pelvis. On July 25th, 2007,
Mr. Silcox was first admitted to the Caressant Care Nursing Home with many diagnoses
including Alzheimers disease and diabetes controlled with insulin injection. [In her

police statement, Ms. Wettlaufer told police that Mr. Silcox was not diabetic. Medical
records make clear that on this issue, she was mistaken].
33. On August 4, 2007 Mr. Silcox had surgery on his right hip at Woodstock General
Hospital. The surgery reportedly went well allowing Mr. Silcox to return to Caressant
Care on August 10th, 2007.
34. Mr. Silcox was often confused while at Caressant Care, and frequently called out
for his wife Agnes, particularly at night. Nursing notes (not merely those made by Ms.
Wettlaufer) show that nurses occasionally experienced inappropriate behaviour and
heard inappropriate comments from Mr. Silcox when assessing and treating him.
35. On August 11, 2007 Mr. Silcox was notably confused and could not recall his
whereabouts, recognize himself or family in photographs in his room. At 4:00 p.m. a
nurse documented his status noting that his incision from his surgery appeared well. On
August 11, 2007 Ms. Wettlaufer began her double shift which included caring for Mr.
Silcox.
36. Ms. Wettlaufer explained to police that anger and pressure was building inside
her at this time. It related generally to her job, life and relationship. She said she was
particularly angry at him this evening due to Mr. Silcoxs conduct and described her
feelings as an urge to kill him and wanted him to die. Ms. Wettlaufer said she felt it
was his time to go because of the way he acted.

37. At approximately 9:30 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer attended the medical storage room
and located a spare insulin needle that she prepared with a dose of 50 units of short
acting insulin which was kept in the medical storage fridge. At approximately 10:30 p.m.
Ms. Wettlaufer attended Mr. Silcoxs room and injected him hoping he would die. To
police she explained that she gave Mr. Silcox more insulin than the previous two victims
because they did not die. Further, while she could not be sure of the exact site of the
injection, it would have been somewhere Id hoped wouldnt show. She said she knew
that the amount injected would harm him.1
38. Ms. Wettlaufers written statement explained that after he was overdosed, Mr.
Silcox called out Im sorry and I love you. Ms. Wettlaufer told police she felt
absolutely awful; and so ashamed about this and felt even worse when his family
came in after he died and praised her for being a good nurse. She also told police that
after overdosing Mr. Silcox it felt like a pressure had been relieved from me just over
all....like a pressure lifted from my emotions.2
39. At approximately 3:00 a.m., now August 12, 2007, a Personal Support Worker
(PSW) found Mr. Silcox without vital signs. Being the supervisor, Ms. Wettlaufer
attended the room to confirm he was without vital signs and subsequently contacted the
attending physician as well as Mr. Silcoxs family.
40. He was pronounced dead with a listed cause being complications from his hip
surgery.
1
September 29, 2016 statement to Metropolitan Toronto Police Service
2
September 29, 2016 statement to Metropolitan Toronto Police Service

Count 4: Maurice Granat
41. Ms. Wettlaufer admits fatally injecting Maurice Granat with insulin in December
2007. She admits the injections were made unlawfully with intent to end his life after
she considered the consequences of giving the injections and after weighing the
advantages and disadvantages of giving them.
42. Maurice Granat was born February 7th, 1923
and lived the majority of his life in the Town of
Tillsonburg. He was a tinsmith by trade and ran a
small shop in Tillsonburg where he would fix devices.
He had extensive family and friends in the Tillsonburg
area.
43. On December 4, 2006, Mr. Granat was admitted into the Caressant Care Nursing
Home. While there, he was battling cancer, had a number of other physical ailments
and by late 2007, he had become frail. By late 2007, his eating was irregular and he
was not particularly energetic some days choosing to stay in bed. He was not however
diabetic and had no medical need for synthetic insulin. While he was noted to be
confused on just a few days, he was not diagnosed with dementia or any similar illness.

44. On December 22, 2007 Ms. Wettlaufer was working the night shift, from 11:00
p.m. until the following morning at 7:00 a.m., in Mr. Granats area. He was under Ms.
Wettlaufers care. For example, at 2:05 a.m. Ms. Wettlaufer noted that he had been
scratching himself and she applied cream.
45. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that Mr. Granat had grabbed her breast on one
occasion and when she ordered him to stop he removed his hand and laughed. 3 Ms.
Wettlaufer told police that she again felt an overall sense of anger and pressure on
December 23, 2007 and that she felt the strong urge to end Mr. Granats life to relieve
these emotions. She explained that she was just angry in generalat my jobat my
lifeat my partner. She attended the medical storage room and retrieved an insulin
pen from the allocated drawer and insulin from the medical refrigerator before attending
Mr. Granats room.
46. Ms. Wettlaufer advised Mr. Granat that she needed to give him a vitamin shot
and recalls needing to inject the insulin into his leg since he had very little body fat at
that time. Insulin is normally injected into fatty tissue. Ms. Wettlaufer injected between
40 units 60 units of short acting insulin into Mr. Granat knowing he was not a diabetic.
This injection of insulin was not documented.
47. At 3:55 a.m. he was noted by a PSW to be very confused. At 7:08 a.m. Ms
Wettlaufer notated in her reports - At 05:00, resident was found diaphoretic and
3
This may be true. Documentation from a number medical staff (not Ms. Wettlaufer) noted Mr. Granat
sometimes inappropriately touched nursing staff.

struggling to breathe. Pulse was 120, resps were 16 and labored. Family was called at
this time. At this writing, family is bedside. Resident is unconscious but rouses to
sound. Resident appears comfortable. Indeed, police confirmed Ms. Wettlaufer did
phone two close friends of Mr. Granat who attended immediately.
48. Ms. Wettlaufer made no attempts to save Mr. Granat, but instead completed her
shift then went home. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Granat was reportedly unresponsive.
49. At 11:45 a.m. that day, Mr. Granat passed away.
Count 5: Wayne Hedges
50. Wayne Hedges passed away in January 2009.
Ms. Wettlaufer admits unlawfully injecting Mr.
Hedges with insulin in the fall of 2008 intending to
end his life.
51. Wayne Douglas Hedges was born April 23,
1951. His parents, sisters and family were largely
based in Western Ontario. Mr. Hedges had lived in
Caressant Care since 2000. He had diabetes,
schizophrenia and mental disabilities. Mr. Hedges
diabetes was normally treated with insulin injections.
52. Ms. Wettlaufer told police Mr. Hedges was developmentally challenged, diabetic
and a handful, adding that he could be uncooperative at times.

53. Ms. Wettlaufer told police she intentionally overdosed Mr. Hedges with insulin in
October 2008 with a large overdose because she believed it was his turn to go. Ms.
Wettlaufer reached this conclusion because, she said, he would occasionally say that
he wanted to die. Other nursing notes document that Mr. Hedges made his wants
known with some regularity, sometimes quite strongly, but there are no nursing notes
about him stating that he wanted to die. Ms. Wettlaufer said to police that on one
particular night, she felt a surge and injected him with additional insulin; however, in
her words He didnt die. Medical records in October 2008 confirm he had a
hypoglycemic event while under Ms. Wettlaufers care. Records indicate that after Mr.
Hedges became hypoglycemic, Ms. Wettlaufer administered medication to restore his
glucose levels. She has no recollection of doing so or what prompted her to do this.
Count 6: Michael Priddle
54. Michael Priddle passed away in January
2012. Ms. Wettlaufer admits unlawfully injecting
Mr. Priddle with insulin in 2008 or 2009 intending
to end his life.
55. Michael Stephen Priddle was born June
1, 1949. He grew up in Ingersoll where he met his wife. Married in 1971, they had one

son. He was a butcher by trade and worked until his diagnosis with Huntingtons
disease (an inherited brain disorder that causes parts of the brain to die). He was an
ardent hockey fan. His Huntingtons diagnosis eventually resulted in him needing 24
hour care and he was admitted into Caressant Care on October 20, 2006.
56. Mr. Priddle, due to his conditions, was unable to voice the presence of pain, but
was placed on a pain management regime. He was at a high risk for injuries and falls
which required staff to check on him every half hour, even throughout the night. Mr.
Priddle was also at constant risk for choking, as he had great difficulty swallowing. To
police Ms. Wettlaufer described Mr. Priddles disease as one that robs you of your body
and you still have your mind. She referred to it as a horrible disease.
57. Ms. Wettlaufer explained to police that one night in 2009 she decided to
intentionally overdose Mr. Priddle with insulin. She explained that Mr. Priddle had never
done anything to harm her. He was not a diabetic and had no medical need for
synthetic insulin. She described feeling a surging and thought now this must be God
because this man is not enjoying his life at all. Ms. Wettlaufer remembers giving him
what she considered a large amount of insulin and believed it was 90 units total.
58. Medical records confirmed that in July 2008 Ms. Wettlaufer was attending to Mr.
Priddle and he experienced an incident that appeared to be hypoglycemic in nature. Ms.
Wettlaufer advised police that Mr. Priddle just survived the overdose without any staff
interjection or treatment.

Count 7: Gladys Millard
59. Ms. Wettlaufer admits fatally injecting Gladys Millard with insulin in October 2011.
She admits the injections were made unlawfully with intent to end Mrs. Millards life after
Ms. Wettlaufer considered the consequences of giving the injections and after weighing
the advantages and disadvantages of giving them.
60. Gladys Jean Millard was born October
11, 1924 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia then
settled in the City of Woodstock along with her
husband (deceased in 1997). She was the
mother of two children and was active in her
church, charities and service clubs.
61. On September 11, 2006 Mrs. Millard
was admitted to the Caressant Care Nursing
Home with diagnoses of Alzheimers disease and other conditions. She was not
diabetic and had no medical need for synthetic insulin.
62. To police Ms. Wettlaufer described Mrs. Millard as spunky and spirited when she
first cared for her but later, with worsening dementia, she became very stubborn and
difficult to administer medication to. Medical records confirm that Mrs. Millard had some
aggression issues while at Caressant Care.

63. On October 13, 2011 Ms. Wettlaufer was working the night shift from 11:00 p.m.
to the following morning at 7:00 a.m. She oversaw Mrs. Millards care during that shift.
Ms. Wettlaufer explained that Mrs. Millards stubbornness may have played a part of
why she was targeted. Ms. Wettlaufer explained that she got that red surging feeling
that she was going to be the one and that the red surge is what Ms. Wettlaufer
identified as God telling me this is the one. Ms. Wettlaufer decided Mrs. Millard was
the next one she would overdose with insulin intending to cause death.
64. At approximately 5:00 a.m. Ms. Wettlaufer attended the medical room where Ms.
Wettlaufer took both long and short acting insulin from the medical refrigerator. Ms.
Wettlaufers accounts of the quantity of insulin given are inconsistent. In her
handwritten statement she said she injected Mrs. Millard with 40 units of long acting and
60 units of short acting insulin. In her police statement she noted with some hesitation
I think it was 80/60. Ms. Wettlaufer told police Mrs. Millard fought a little bit; she
struggled with Ms. Wettlaufer. Ms. Wettlaufer found a spot to successfully inject her on
a location that Ms. Millard could not reach or grab her.
65. On October 14, 2011 by 7:00 a.m. (the end of Ms. Wettlaufers shift) medical
records showed that Mrs. Millard was unresponsive and diaphoretic (sweaty).
66. At the end of her shift, Ms. Wettlaufer notated in Mrs. Millards patient notes
Gladys had been awake all night, was crying out and had a very tense look on her
face. She fell asleep and is currently still sleeping. Staff instructed to leave her in bed
asleep.

67. Wettlaufer recalled to police that she had to help move Mrs. Millard into the
palliative care room with the day shift nurse at the end of her shift because day shift
staff noted that Mrs. Millard was red, sweating and incoherent with vital signs low. Ms.
Wettlaufer told police that she was terrified that someone might conclude that Mrs.
Millards decline was due to something Ms. Wettlaufer had done. That fear was not
realized.
68. At 09:45 a.m. Mrs. Millard was found to be diaphoretic, cold, clammy, foaming at
the mouth, very pale and her body and extremities were twitching. Over the course of
the day various medications were given in an attempt to assist Mrs. Millard. By 4:05
p.m. she had passed away.
Count 8: Helen Matheson
69. Ms. Wettlaufer admits fatally injecting Helen
Matheson with insulin in October 2011. She admits
the injections were made unlawfully with intent to end
Helen Mathesons life after Ms. Wettlaufer considered
the consequences of giving the injections and after
weighing the advantages and disadvantages of giving
them.
70. Helen Muriel Matheson was born June 4, 1916

and settled in the Village of Innerkip. Her husband passed away in 1998. They had two
sons, grand-children and great grandchildren. She had been active in her church for
many years.
71. On January 20th, 2010, Helen Matheson was admitted into Caressant Care
Nursing Home from the adjoining Caressant Care Retirement Home at 93 years of age.
Her diagnoses included dementia but not diabetes. Helen Matheson had no medical
need for synthetic insulin.
72. On October 25th, 2011, Ms. Wettlaufer was working the afternoon shift from 3:00
p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Helen Mathesons double room was in Ms. Wettlaufers area near
the nurses station. Ms. Wettlaufer recalled making a bit of a fuss about her that night
because she was very lucid at that time. They discussed Helen Mathesons fondness of
blueberry pie and ice cream, and how Helen Matheson used to bake such pies.
73. Ms. Wettlaufers nursing notes indicated that a staff member went on their break
and got blueberry pie for Helen. Ms. Wettlaufer returned to Helen Mathesons room
where she gave Helen Matheson some pie and ice cream. Her nursing notes read:
She ate 4 bites with ice cream then smiled and said Thats enough dear, but the
crust is lovely.
74. Ms. Wettlaufer explained to police that she then felt that Helen Matheson was to
be the next person to go, that it was her time. Ms. Wettlaufer told police Helen
Matheson was very quiet, very determined and just seemed to be waiting to die.

75. The evening of October 25, 2011 Ms. Wettlaufer attended the medical supply
room once again, located a spare insulin needle from the allocated drawer, as well as
insulin from the medical refrigerator. Ms. Wettlaufer dialed up a dose of approximately
50 to 60 units of short acting insulin. Ms. Wettlaufer injected Helen Matheson with the
insulin. There was no struggle or resistance. Helen Matheson was not a diabetic. Ms.
Wettlaufer explained to police that she got a feeling in my chest area and after I did it, I
got that laughter while injecting insulin and thereafter.
76. On October 26, 2011, Ms. Wettlaufer was again working the afternoon shift in
Section B, which included overseeing Helen Mathesons deteriorating condition. Ms.
Wettlaufer recalls Helen Matheson ceased to eat or drink after she gave the insulin
injection.
77. At 8:15 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer recorded in Helen Mathesons patient notes the
following: Helen appears very pale and listless. She responds to voice occasionally.
The inside of her mouth appears dry and sticky and her skin is displaying tenting. At
8:00 p.m. she appeared to be in pain and was given 10 mg of morphine. She has been
moved to room 15 and her son has been called.
78. Helen Matheson was moved to palliative care. On October 26, 2011 at 10:28
p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer wrote her last notation for Helen Matheson where she requested
morphine every two hours or as needed and the following: Helen was flinching and
appeared uncomfortable so 10 mg was given. She now appears to be resting
comfortably.

79. On October 27, 2011 at 1:00 a.m. Helen Mathesons son Jon notified staff that
his mother had stopped breathing while he had been sitting at her bedside.
80. In January 2017, Helen Mathesons body was exhumed by search warrant for an
autopsy. The scientific results were inconclusive. Due to the state of decomposition
pathologists were unable to corroborate or negate Ms. Wettlaufers description of
events. There is no dispute, however, that based on all the evidence (including but not
limited to scientific evidence), Ms. Wettlaufers actions were a significant contributing
cause of Helen Mathesons death.
Count 9: Mary Zurawinski
81. Ms. Wettlaufer admits fatally injecting Mary
Zurawinski with insulin in November 2011. She
admits the injections were made unlawfully with
intent to end Mary Zurawinskis life after Ms.
Wettlaufer considered the consequences of giving
the injections and after weighing the advantages
and disadvantages of giving them.
82. Mary Zurawinski was born in April 7, 1915 and spent much of her youth in
Sudbury. She had worked as a waitress, was married and had four sons. Her husband
and three of her sons pre-deceased her. Prior to her admission to Caressant Care on
May 6, 2011, she was described as a very independent woman.

83. Mary Zurawinski had a number of conditions including dementia but not diabetes.
She had no medical need for synthetic insulin.
84. On November 6, 2011, Ms. Wettlaufer was scheduled to work the afternoon shift
from 3:00 to 11:00 p.m. It was Ms. Wettlaufers last shift before scheduled holidays.
85. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that she was tending to Mary Zurawinski when she
asked Ms. Wettlaufer to place her into the deathbed as Mary Zurawinski believed she
was going to die. Mary Zurawinskis health had been declining and she assured Ms.
Wettlaufer she believed she was going to die and requested a palliative care room.
86. Ms. Wettlaufer with help from another staff member moved Mary Zurawinski into
the palliative care room. Ms. Wettlaufer decided Mary Zurawinski was the next one that
needed to die, however, according to Ms. Wettlaufer; there were no signs she was
going to die that day. Ms. Wettlaufer again turned to overdose with insulin.
87. At approximately 4:30 p.m., Ms. Wettlaufer retrieved an insulin pen and
medication from the medication room, once again both short acting and long acting
insulin. Ms. Wettlaufer once again felt angry in general, not particularly with Mary
Zurawinski, although Ms. Wettlaufer described her as being feisty, outspoken and she
was fun.

88. Ms. Wettlaufer told Mary Zurawinski the needles were for pain as she injected
Mary Zurawinski in the arm with 50 units of short acting insulin and 30 units of long
acting insulin. Upon doing so Ms. Wettlaufer told police that she got that feeling inside
and the laughter.
89. At 5:23 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer entered an End of Life Care Note into Mary
Zurawinskis medical chart. It read:
Mary was sitting at the dining room table at 16:55 and was very pale. She
started breathing in soft gasps, 30 per minute. She asked staff to put her
back to bed "so I can die there". She was taken to the palliative room and
put to bed. She then asked for someone to pray with her. PSW O.R. said
"Hail Mary" with her and Mary visibly relaxed. Son has been called.
90. On November 7, 2011 at 2:15 a.m. Mary Zurawinski was found by staff without
vital signs and family was notified.
Count 10: Helen Young
91. Ms. Wettlaufer admits fatally injecting Helen Young with insulin in July 2013. She
admits the injections were made unlawfully with intent to end Mrs. Youngs life after Ms.

92. Helen Whitelaw Marshall Young was born
on June 29, 1923 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She
served in World War II in several locations which
is how she met her husband. Together they
moved to Canada in 1948 settling in the
Woodstock area in 1971. Her husband passed
away in 1988 and they had no children. Always
outspoken, she loved animals and travelling.
93. On December 12, 2009, Helen Young was
admitted to Caressant Care. She had a number of medical issues including dementia
but not diabetes. She had no medical need for synthetic insulin. [In her police
statement Ms. Wettlaufer says she recalled that Helen had type 2 diabetes. Medical
records confirm that Ms. Wettlaufers recollection on this issue is mistaken.]
94. Nursing notes confirm that Helen Young had an initial aversion to Caressant
Care but, over time, grew more accepting of her new living situation. To police Ms.
Wettlaufer described Helen Young as feisty, outspoken, miserable, and unhappy with
her life. Ms. Wettlaufer was annoyed by Helen Young constantly crying out help me
nurse. From Ms. Wettlaufers perspective, she was very difficult to deal with. Ms.
Wettlaufer told police that she frequently stated I want to die. Nursing notes, not
merely those made by Ms. Wettlaufer, confirmed this kind of behavior had occurred
before.

95. On July 13, 2013, Ms. Wettlaufer was working the afternoon shift from 3:00 to
11:00 p.m. That afternoon, after 3:00 p.m., Ms. Wettlaufer told police that Young was
again asking for help and repeating that she wanted to die. Ms. Wettlaufer told police it
was like something snapped inside and the red surge came back and she thought to
herself, Okay, you will die.
96. Just prior to dinner, Ms. Wettlaufer prepared two insulin injections and attended
Helen Youngs single room. Ms. Wettlaufer injected Helen Young with one shot 60 units
of short acting insulin. Just after dinner, Ms. Wettlaufer injected Helen Young a further
60 units of long acting insulin. Ms. Wettlaufer mislead Young by saying that the insulin
injections were needles were to help with pain.
97. At 7:27 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer recorded in the patients Vital Signs Assessment the
following: Helen was diaphoretic after supper and was slurring her words.
98. Records show that at approximately 9:00 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer was summoned to
Helen Youngs room by a PSW because Helen Youngs face was red, her arms and
legs were bent inward, her eyes were bulging and she was moaning loudly. Helen
Young was having an apparent seizure as a result of the insulin.
99. At the end of Ms. Wettlaufers shift, she noted the incident in nursing notes and
added When writer asked if she was in pain, she nodded.
100. At 8:40 a.m. the following morning Helen Young passed away and her family was
notified. Ms. Wettlaufer was not working at that time. Ms. Wettlaufer was working later

however, when Mrs. Youngs niece attended to retrieve her belongings. Ms. Wettlaufer
hugged Mrs. Youngs niece as she cried on her shoulder. Ms. Wettlaufer expressed
how sorry she was over the loss.
Count 11: Maureen Pickering
101. Ms. Wettlaufer admits fatally injecting Maureen Pickering with insulin in March
2014. She admits the injections were made unlawfully with intent to put Mrs. Pickering
into a coma and to cause permanent brain damage bodily harm that she knew was so
serious that it would likely kill Maureen Pickering and proceeded to inject her despite
knowing Ms. Pickering would likely die as a result of that grievous bodily harm. The
injection was administered only after Ms. Wettlaufer considered the consequences of
giving the injections and after weighing the advantages and disadvantages of giving
them.
102. Maureen (ONeil) Pickering was born on June
9, 1935 and resided in the town of Tillsonburg. She
resided with her husband in the Greater Toronto area
in the 1980s before moving to the Tillsonburg area.
They did not have children. After her husband passed
away, Mrs. Pickering regularly spent time in Florida
before her health declined.
103. On September 9, 2013, Mrs. Pickering was admitted to Caressant Care from
Tillsonburg Hospital where she had been since August 21, 2013.

104. Her diagnoses included dementia and Alzheimers disease but not diabetes. She
had no medical need for synthetic insulin. Medical records reveal that, over time, Mrs.
Pickerings cognitive health began to further deteriorate, often rendering her confused
and aggressive. Due to the wandering and aggressive tendencies, Mrs. Pickering often
needed 1 to 1 care which was not always possible due to staff shortage and other
duties. As a result, a privately paid Personal Support Worker was arranged for to
supplement the nursing staff as well as to keep her company. When no PSW was
available, Ms. Pickerings care was the duty of the charge nurse like Ms. Wettlaufer
who often had other duties. Ms. Wettlaufer explained that Mrs. Pickering could be a
handful.
105. On March 22, 2014, Ms. Wettlaufer was working the afternoon shift from 3:00 to
11:00 p.m. At 3:32 p.m. shortly after Ms. Wettlaufer began her shift, she recorded on
Mrs. Pickerings behavior notes: Received Maureen in a highly agitated state. She has
been pacing in and out of her room and back and forth in front of the nurses station.
She also went into room 108 and yelled at that resident. She has been stating she will
go home and is complaining of feeling nervous and scared
106. Ms. Wettlaufer notes were that Mrs. Pickering had been given a Haldol at 1:40
p.m. by the previous nurse, however, Ms. Wettlaufer gave her an additional Haldol shot
in an attempt to calm her down.

107. Ms. Wettlaufer explained to police that she was irritated that she had to focus so
much time on Mrs. Pickering while also being responsible for 32 other residents
medication, paper work, and treatments. Ms. Wettlaufer described feeling frustrated
and angry as Mrs. Pickering continued her disruptive behavior.
108. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that she once again felt that urge but told herself,
No, I dont want her to die but if I could somehow give her enough of a dose to give her
a coma, something to change her brainwaves maybe make her less mobile and less
hard to handle. And that she really wanted to make sure that she, her mind would
change a bit before she came back. At approximately 8:00 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer
attended the units medical storage room and located an insulin pen and the insulin
itself from the medical refrigerator, then prepared two insulin needles intended for Mrs.
Pickering.
109. Ms. Wettlaufer gave Mrs. Pickering two insulin injections about 2 1/2 hours apart
- first 80 units of long acting insulin followed by 60 units of short-acting insulin. Ms.
Wettlaufer made clear it was a lot because she really wanted to make sure that she,
her mind would change. Initially, Ms. Wettlaufer gave her a sedative to calm her down
before giving the first insulin injection which was misrepresented as a vitamin injection.
110. At 11:27 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer noted:
Maureen started to settle down at 16:30 Hrs. She stopped complaining

and feeling nervous. She requested to go to bed at 19:00 but got back up
again. Staff had her assist with folding towels and she resettled to bed at
19:30 and has been asleep each time she was checked on. Maureen has
called out help help twice since 22:00 but both times she was asleep.

111. The following morning March 23, 2014, another nurse noted that Mrs. Pickering
was drowsy and did not want to come down for breakfast at 8:00 a.m. That nurse then
checked on Mrs. Pickering every half hour.
112. At 10:50 a.m. Mrs. Pickering was found unresponsive, diaphoretic, cold, and
clammy with deep snoring sounding respirations and mucous. An ambulance was
immediately called and Mrs. Pickering was transferred to Woodstock General Hospital.
113. On March 23, 2014, Ms. Wettlaufer was again working the afternoon shift from
3:00 to 11:00 p.m. At 5:00 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer received a phone call from a doctor at
Woodstock General Hospital with an update on Mrs. Pickering. Ms. Wettlaufer made
notes of that call. She learned that Mrs. Pickering had suffered a stroke, was
unresponsive and was to be returned to Caressant Care in a palliative state.
114. Once returned, for the first 24 hours, Mrs. Pickering was described in nursing
notes as being responsive to voice and touch by moaning and moving her eyes.
Thereafter, for the next four days, she was documented as completely unresponsive.
On March 28, 2014 at 9:23 a.m., another nurse, not Ms. Wettlaufer found Mrs. Pickering
had passed away. By then, Wettlaufer was no longer at Caressant Care. She had
been terminated as a result of a non-criminal medicine administration error.

Count 12: Arpad Horvath
115. In April 2014, Ms. Wettlaufer was hired as an RN at the Meadow Park Nursing
Home located in the City of London. It is at Meadow Park that she had dealings with
Arpad Horvath.
116. Ms. Wettlaufer admits fatally injecting Arpad Horvath with insulin in August 2014.
She admits the injections were made unlawfully with intent to end Mr. Horvaths life after
117. Arpad Alajos Horvath was born November
14, 1938. He had resided most of his life in
Straffordville. He was married with two children
and three grand-children. He was an avid hunter,
proud of his Hungarian heritage and had run his
own tool& die business for 50 years.
118. Mr. Horvath was admitted into Meadow
Park Nursing Home on August 29, 2013. He had
a number of conditions including dementia and
diabetes.
119. Patient Progress Notes made by a number of staff (not merely Ms. Wettlaufer)
show that Mr. Horvath was sometimes inappropriate and explicit with the staff.

120. On August 21, 2014, Ms. Wettlaufer noted observations that Mr. Horvath had
been hitting and kicking at staff. On August 23, 2014 Ms. Wettlaufer was working the
afternoon shift. Mr. Horvath was one of the residents under her care.
121. On her shift Ms. Wettlaufer twice made nursing notes about Mr. Horvath yelling,
spitting, and swinging his fist when she approached him for his required care.
122. Ms. Wettlaufer told police she felt angry, frustrated and vindictive. She decided
enough was enough with Mr. Horvath. She attended Meadow Parks medical storage
room in which she had access to insulin. Ms. Wettlaufer prepared two insulin pens to
inject Mr. Horvath.
123. At approximately 8:00 p.m. Ms. Wettlaufer attended Mr. Horvaths room and
injected him with 80 units of short acting insulin and 60 units of long acting insulin. He
attempted to fight it but he was unsuccessful. She explained that eventually I got it into
him. There was no immediate effect. When Ms. Wettlaufer finished her shift, Mr.
Horvath was fine but his condition changed thereafter.
124. Just over 8 hours later, a PSW found Mr. Horvath unresponsive, diaphoretic, cold
and clammy and unconscious. An ambulance was called and transported him to
London Health Science Centre. There, he was determined to be hypoglycemic upon
admission. Testing to determine insulin levels was not done. Mr. Horvath was treated at
the hospital but he remained there because he was comatose and was having seizures.

During his time at London Health Sciences, Ms. Wettlaufer contacted the hospital twice
requesting an update on Mr. Horvaths condition. Ms. Wettlaufer made related notes as
to his condition in his patient records.
125. Mr. Horvath passed away seven days later - on August 31, 2014. No autopsy
was conducted at that time.
126. In January 2017, Mr. Horvaths body was exhumed by search warrant for
autopsy. The scientific results are inconclusive relating to cause of death. The medical
records are clear that that Mr. Horvaths condition started with hypoglycemia. Evidence
of tissue damage in the brain was suggestive of the death caused by hypoglycemia but
it is not definitive. There is no dispute, however, that based on all the evidence
(including but not limited to scientific evidence), Ms. Wettlaufers actions were a
significant contributing cause of Arpad Horvaths death.
Count 13: Sandra Towler
127. On October 1, 2014 Ms. Wettlaufer resigned from Meadow Park to get help with
drug/alcohol dependency issues. Later Ms. Wettlaufer admitted to police she had been
stealing and taking the medication.
128. Life Guard Homecare of Brantford, Ontario, is an assisted living company
offering nursing assistance and services within patients homes, as well as contracting

RN and PSWs out to facilities in the Brant, Oxford and Haldimond-Norfolk area. Life
Guard employs 60 75 employees at any given time.
129. In January 2015 Ms. Wettlaufer commenced her employment with Life Guard
where she attended individual residents, as well as long-term care facilities including
Telfer Place Long Term Care Facility (Telfer Place), in the town of Paris. It is at Telfer
Place that Ms. Wettlaufer came in contact with Sandra Towler.
130. Ms. Wettlaufer admits unlawfully injecting Sandra Towler with insulin in the
September 2015 intending to end Sandra Towlers life.
131. Sandra Towler was born April 6, 1939 and resided in Brant County where she
raised her daughter and son. Sandra Towler is still alive. She has dementia.
132. On February 12, 2014 Sandra Towler was admitted to Telfer Place. At the time
of her admission she was diagnosed with a number of conditions including dementia in
Alzheimers disease and diabetes that was controlled by oral medication (which was
not insulin). Accordingly, Sandra Towler did not normally receive insulin injections and
had no medical need for them.
133. Ms. Wettlaufer told police she injected Sandra Towler with insulin sometime
around September 6, 2015. Indeed, records confirm that on September 6, 2015 Ms.
Wettlaufer was working and caring for Ms. Towler.

134. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that sometime during that shift, she attended Sandra
Towlers room which she shared with three roommates. Ms. Wettlaufer told police that
felt frustrated again with her job and sensed Sandra Towler did not want to be there
anymore. As a result, Ms. Wettlaufer explained, she injected Sandra Towler with what
Ms. Wettlaufer recalls to be 80 long acting insulin and 60 short acting. Sandra Towler
had never had a hypoglycemic event before that date. Medical records confirm Ms.
Towler became hypoglycemic beginning just after Ms. Wettlaufers shift ended. It was
significant enough that Sandra Towler was removed from Telfer Place and hospitalized
(and successfully treated) thereafter. Ms. Wettlaufer explained to police that nobody
raised any concerns or suspicions about Ms. Wettlaufers care of Ms. Towler.
Count 14: Beverly Bertram
135. Saint Elizabeth is the largest health care provider in Ontario with more than 8,000
staff delivering approximately 5 million health care visits annually. RNs and RPNs
attend to clients needs in their homes alone where they provide various types of
nursing and home services.
136. Ms. Wettlaufer was offered employment with Saint Elizabeth Health Care starting
in July 2016. She provided nursing care to patients at their homes within Oxford
County. Through Saint Elizabeth, she cared for a woman by the name of Beverly
Bertram.
137. Beverly Bertram is alive. Ms. Wettlaufer admits unlawfully injecting Beverly
Bertram with insulin in August 2016 intending to end Beverly Bertrams life.

138. Beverly Bertram, age 68, resided in Ingersoll. Beverly Bertram has a number of
health issues and suffers from diabetes which is controlled through injectable insulin.
She does not suffer from dementia. In the summer of 2016, Beverly Bertram had
surgery on her left leg. On August 19, 2016 Beverly Bertram returned home from the
hospital. St Elizabeth Health Care nurses then attended periodically to assist with an
infection. Specifically, part of the nurses help was administering intravenous antibiotics
to Beverly Bertram at her home through a tube inserted into a vein called a picc line.
139. On August 20, 2016 Ms. Wettlaufer attended at the home of Beverly Bertram. On
that date, Ms. Wettlaufer administered intravenous antibiotics to Beverly Bertram
through the use of Beverly Bertrams picc line.
140. Uninvited and unexpected, later on August 20, Ms. Wettlaufer attended the
residence of another St. Elizabeth home patient. Ms. Wettlaufer entered that residence
unannounced while the patient was in the shower. The patient heard something and
called out. There was no response. The patient ended her shower and found Ms.
Wettlaufer going through that patients medications on her table. Ms. Wettlaufer
claimed to the patient that she was merely looking for an oxygen meter she had
forgotten there previously. That patients insulin was on that table along with her
morphine. Ms. Wettlaufer confirmed to police and to staff at CAMH, that what she was
actually doing was stealing insulin4 from this home because she intended to use it to kill
Bertram the next day. Ms. Bertram was a diabetic and had her own insulin. Still, Ms.
4
She also admitted stealing other medication for herself, namely, hydromorphs.

Wettlaufer chose to steal insulin from a second patient for a specific reason. By
obtaining insulin from another patient, should Beverly Bertram die as intended, a later
examination of Ms. Bertrams own insulin supply would not appear unusually depleted.
141. The next day, August 21, 2016, Ms. Wettlaufer re-attended Beverly Bertrams
residence and once again administered intravenous antibiotics to Beverly Bertram.
Beverly Bertram recalled Ms. Wettlaufer taking a long time in the kitchen while obtaining
her antibiotics from the fridge. After receiving what she thought were merely the
antibiotics, Beverly Bertram described herself as feeling unusually nauseous and dizzy.
Concerned, Beverly Bertram decided not to inject herself with her insulin that day and
was able to recover from that state without medical help.
142. Ms. Wettlaufer told police about that day. She described herself as feeling
frustrated and angry with her job and all the people she had to care for that weekend.
Ms. Wettlaufer felt the same surge that evokes her urge to overdose people and that
injecting Beverly Bertram with insulin with intent to kill her was pre-planned. Ms.
Wettlaufer said she gave Beverly Bertram a huge amount- 180 units of insulin via the
picc line. Ms. Wettlaufer further explained that she gave three separate doses of 60
units through her picc line.
143. On August 22, 2016 Ms. Wettlaufer said she accessed the patient records for
Saint Elizabeth Health Care using her assigned tablet thereafter to check on the status
of Beverly Bertram. Ms. Wettlaufer noticed that she had been seen by another nurses
the following days and assumed she had survived and was fine.

144. Ms. Wettlaufer did not return to Beverly Bertrams home again.
Police Became Involved
145. On August 29, 2016 Ms. Wettlaufer resigned from Saint Elizabeth Health Care
after she was told she would be working with diabetic children within a school. Ms.
Wettlaufer panicked. She later explained to police that she did not trust herself not to
harm children so she resigned.
146. On September 16, 2016 Ms. Wettlaufer voluntarily admitted herself to the Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) located on College Avenue, in Toronto for fear
she would harm others or herself. She remained at CAMH for about three weeks until
October 5, 2016. Even though she walked in on her own Ms. Wettlaufer was held there
by law as an involuntary patient on a Form 1 under the Mental Health Act.
147. At the time of her admission there was no ongoing criminal investigation relating
to any victim or in relation to Ms. Wettlaufer. Once at CAMH, Ms. Wettlaufer disclosed
that she intentionally overdosed patients which led to the death of eight patients. While
CAMH came to consult legal counsel and professional bodies to determine their legal
duties in these unusual circumstances, they took measures to be fair to Ms. Wettlaufer
very early on. That is, CAMH invited Ms. Wettlaufer to discuss the matter with a lawyer
before discussing her conduct further. She declined. CAMH told her that they may
have a legal obligation to report what she was saying both to the College of Nurses and

to police. It did not matter. Over the course of 20 days, she continued to confess to
CAMH repeatedly and in detail even after CAMH told her that police and the college had
been contacted. She insisted she wanted to be taken seriously.
148. Ms. Wettlaufer was treated by the Womens Inpatient Psychiatrist, Dr. Allan
KAHN, who suggested she organize her thoughts and admissions on paper for
therapeutic purposes. After considering that suggestion for a few days, on September
24 and 25th, 2016 Ms. Wettlaufer composed four pages of detailed notes outlining how
she had murdered 8 patients under her care and administered insulin non-fatally to six
others. She later told police that writing it out was my decision, I was under no duress
when I wrote them out and that she was very very careful when I wrote that. Still, she
explained that she wrote it from memory without any other records available to her, that
some of the dates and insulin dosages were approximated. A photocopy of the
handwritten document is marked as Appendix A. Ms. Wettlaufer eventually consented
to Dr. KAHN providing her hand-written admissions to police and furthermore to
facilitate her speaking with police. It was arranged.
149. On September 29, 2016, Woodstock Police Criminal Investigations Branch was
notified of the allegations because the majority of the offences occurred in Woodstock. It
was agreed that detectives with Toronto Police Service would conduct an initial
interview with Ms. Wettlaufer.
150. With her consent, Elizabeth Wettlaufer agreed to go with Toronto Police Service
officers to be interviewed on September 29th, 2016. She was temporarily released from

CAMH for this purpose. She declined an opportunity to speak with counsel and spoke
voluntarily for about 40 minutes before explaining that she had become fatigued and
asked to return to CAMH. With that, police terminated the interview and returned her to
CAMH. Woodstock police were advised as to the content of this interview.
151. On October 3, 2016, Woodstock Police commenced their own investigation
which resulted in a joint investigation by Woodstock Police Service, the Ontario
Provincial Police and London Police Service because the allegations involved multiple
Ontario jurisdictions - Woodstock, London, Paris and Ingersoll.
152. The second interview, given on October 5, 2016, is more detailed than the first5
and will be played in court. As edited (removing times when there is no discussion and
some personal details of others etc.), this video recorded statement is about 2 hours
long but, in all, she was at Woodstock police station for about 3 hours 40 minutes. This
edited video recorded statement and related transcript will be marked Exhibits B and C
respectively to this agreed statement of fact. One part of the October 5th, 2016
interview requires clarification. In it, police confront Ms. Wettlaufer with a proposition
that police had come across other suspicious deaths at that time. That was untrue.
Police had not come across other suspicious deaths. It was said to gauge her reaction.
She denied any further victims.
153. On October 5, 2016, Ms. Wettlaufer was discharged from CAMH and agreed to
go with police to Woodstock for a second interview. At Woodstock Police
5
The substantive details that appear only in her first police interview are in this document. They are embedded
into the description of the individual offences.

Headquarters, Ms. Wettlaufer provided a cautioned statement with D/Cst. HERGOTT
where she confessed in detail.
154. On October 6, 2016, Ms. Wettlaufer appeared before a judge where she
voluntarily entered into an 810.2 recognizance with numerous conditions while police
conducted a more in-depth investigation.
155. On October 24, 2016, Ms. Wettlaufer turned herself in and police arrested her
and formally charged her with eight counts of first degree murder. On January 13, 2017
Ms. Wettlaufer was then re-arrested and charged with a further two counts of
aggravated assault and four further counts of attempt murder.
Computer Search
156. Police seized and examined Ms. Wettlaufers personal computer by search
warrant. On September 8th, 2016, a week before going to CAMH, Elizabeth Wettlaufer
performed google searches for the names of five victims (Beverly Bertram, Sandra
Towler, James Silcox, Helen Matheson and Helen Young) and reviewed the obituaries
for three others (Gladys Millard, Maureen Pickering and Arpad Horvath). On September
14th, the day before attending CAMH, there was other computer activity noted:
- She searched a website Yahoo answers for answers to two questions: How
long and how painful is insulin over dose death? What Happens to the person
in this case?
- She viewed an article entitled 5 Killer Nurses Who Preyed on Their Helpless
Patients.

- She viewed another article entitled When Nurses Kill, apparently published
by Psychology Today.
CAMH Records
157. Police obtained all Ms. Wettlaufers psychiatric records, from CAMH and
elsewhere.6 There is no evidence she told any other mental health professionals about
harming patients. The most detailed and meaningful records are from CAMH. The
CAMH discharge data summary (9 pages) will be appended to this agreed statement of
fact as Appendix D. There is no dispute as to its accuracy. In part, psychiatrists
determined there was no evidence of psychosis; she did not suffer from hallucinations;
she had full insight into her own actions and she was aware of consequences of her
own actions. Her diagnosis included adult antisocial behavior, borderline personality
disorder, mild alcohol and opiate use disorders, and major depressive disorder.
158. Criminal Responsibility and Intoxication. None of her mental health diagnoses
are a defence under section 16 of the Criminal Code (not criminally responsible on
account of mental disorder). Further, while Ms. Wettlaufer did use prescription drugs on
occasion while working, she does not claim to have been intoxicated by drugs or alcohol
while committing the crimes to which she has pleaded guilty.
6
Psychiatric records were seized by production orders sealed pending a claim of privilege or a consent to
unseal and disclose. Ms. Wettlaufer was co-operative with this investigation. With her consent, privilege
over these records was not claimed and the records were unsealed and disclosed to her.

Confessions to others
159. In her October 5, 2016 video statement (and to CAMH), Elizabeth Wettlaufer
explained that she had disclosed that she had harmed patients to others. Police
investigated and were able to confirm much of what she said but none of the
confessions to others were as detailed as what she said to police or to CAMH staff.
Police interviews are summarized below. In some respects, Ms. Wettlaufer remembers
some specifics differently than the witnesses disclosed but it is agreed that this is a fair
summary of what occurred:
a. Pastor and his wife. On October 18, 2013 Ms. Wettlaufer met with her
then pastor and his wife. During the meeting she told them, among
other things, that she had killed some of her (unnamed) patients. The
pastors wife recalls Ms. Wettlaufer mentioning the use of a drug and
she believes the drug that was mentioned was insulin. The couple told
police they could not grasp what they were being told. The pastor told
police he was unsure about whether to believe Ms. Wettlaufer. His wife
told police that she did not believe it. Ms. Wettlaufer asked that they
pray with her and that is what they did. There was no follow up. They
decided to never speak to Ms. Wettlaufer about it again. The
confession went unreported.
b. Student nurses aide. Sometime in the period 2009 to 2011 a young
woman worked as a nurses aide at Caressant Care. She was between
16 and 18 years of age at the time. She befriended Ms. Wettlaufer and
on either her 16th or 17th birthday Ms. Wettlaufer took this young
woman out to dinner in Toronto. This young woman explained that she
and Ms. Wettlaufer came to discuss a number of people dying during
Ms. Wettlaufers shifts. In the course of those discussions, Ms.
Wettlaufer admitted harming some patients; she had overdosed them on
insulin. The young woman told police that she thought Ms. Wettlaufer
appeared remorseful. A couple of days later the young woman told Ms.
Wettlaufer that she felt the need to report this to either staff or police.
Ms. Wettlaufer told her that no one would believe her since there was no
proof and Ms. Wettlaufer would simply deny it. Ms. Wettlaufer also told
her that she had found God and He had directed Ms. Wettlaufer to do it
and had forgiven her. The confession went unreported.
c. Former NA Sponsor. Ms. Wettlaufers former sponsor in Narcotics
Anonymous explained to police that she recalls discussions with Ms.
Wettlaufer in Step 4 of their work which deals with admissions. She
approximated that these conversations occurred in 2014 but could not
be certain of the year. Ms. Wettlaufer insinuated, but did not actually
say, that she had committed murders by drawing circled letter Ms. She
indicated that 8 people were harmed though no names or specifics were
used. Although this former sponsor believed that Ms. Wettlaufer was
capable of such acts, she told police that she thought Ms. Wettlaufer
was a pathological liar and was manipulative. She did not believe it. In

sessions Ms. Wettlaufer talked about power, control, obsession and rush
when discussing her feelings including having homicidal thoughts.
These admissions went unreported.
d. Former boyfriend. Ms. Wettlaufer had sporadic social media contact
with a friend from bible college. Sometime in 2015 she confessed to him
that she had killed two of her patients using insulin and told him that to
the best of her knowledge there was no evidence. This person did not
report the confession to police. He explained to police that he had no
timeline and thought that the confession could be attributed to Ms.
Wettlaufer having a psychiatric event of some sort. On August 26, 2016
she messaged him by text that on the past Sunday (August 21) she had
tried to kill one of her patients. [We now know this was Beverly Bertram
but no name was provided.] This admission went unreported. His last
electronic (text) message from her indicated that she was in the back of
a police car heading back to Woodstock.
e. Former Roommate. In the fall of 2014 Ms. Wettlaufer told her
roommate/ girlfriend that she had stolen drugs from her employer and
that she was going to get some help for her drug issues. She also said
that while at work she had been suicidal over the years and at times
she sometimes feels like she wants to kill somebody in the nursing
homes. By then, Ms. Wettlaufer had been terminated at Caressant Care

so the roommate was freaked out but not too concerned with it
assuming that she would get some help. The roommate did not tell
anyone about this conversation until approached by police in October
2016.
f. Cousin. In September of 2016, just prior to going to CAMH, Ms.
Wettlaufer contacted a cousin. She told her cousin that she was
checking herself in to a mental health facility. She said something was
very wrong and the she could be responsible for the deaths of some
patients at work. When asked if these people could simply have passed
away on her shift, Ms. Wettlaufer explained by text, that she felt that she
had given them too much insulin and that she was responsible. The
admissions to this cousin went unreported.
g. AA friend. Ms. Wettlaufer and a former AA friend kept in touch over the
years. In early September 2016, about a week prior to going to CAMH,
Ms. Wettlaufer told this person that she had been overdosing patients on
insulin since 2007 and that some patients died because of it. She also
indicated that she quit her job because she was asked to work with
diabetic children. This person told Ms. Wettlaufer that she was prepared
to call the police if Ms. Wettlaufer had not followed through. This person
later confirmed that Ms. Wettlaufer went to CAMH and spoke to police.

They stayed in touch by text message while Ms. Wettlaufer went to
CAMH. While there, Ms. Wettlaufer identified this friend.
h. Acquaintance from NA. The night before she went in to CAMH Ms.
Wettlaufer reached out to an acquaintance from Narcotics Anonymous.
She texted that person that she had been overdosing patients, that she
was going to be sent to work with children and she couldnt do that. Ms.
Wettlaufer told her that she was checking herself in to CAMH and
continued to check in with that person during her stay there. This
person explained that she was prepared to contact police if Ms.
Wettlaufer did not seek help and explain what she had done to CAMH
and police.
i. Acquaintance from drug counselling program. In 2016, while in
CAMH, Ms. Wettlaufer reached out by text to a former acquaintance she
knew from a drug counselling group a couple years prior. In that text
conversation Ms. Wettlaufer asked questions about jail. She went on to
explain that she might be going to jail as soon as the upcoming
weekend. When asked why, she admitted that it was regarding deaths
for which she was responsible that had occurred between 2007 and
2016, and Yes, I am guilty. In her last text message, Ms. Wettlaufer
indicated that she was in a car with police driving back to Woodstock.

j. Facebook Friend. In late September 2016, while at CAMH Ms.
Wettlaufer was online on Facebook Messenger. An old friend
connected with her to see how she was doing since he knew she was in
CAMH. She confided in him that she had been responsible for the
deaths of several people while on duty in her professional capacity. She
told him that these were not accidental, that she deliberately
administered insulin overdoses to them. She acknowledged that she
was currently an involuntary patient at CAMH and that she expected to
be arrested upon her release. This person called police.
k. College of Nurses. On September 30, 2016, while at CAMH, Ms.
Wettlaufer sent an email to the College of Nurses from CAMH. It read in
its entirety: I Elizabeth T. Wettlaufer am no longer fit to practice as a
nurse. I have deliberately harmed patients in my care and am now
being investigated by the police for same. She also telephoned an
investigator from the College of Nurses from CAMH the same day. In
that telephone call Ms. Wettlaufer explained that she had been giving
insulin overdoses between 2007 and 2016, explaining she had done this
about 14 times in all. Further, she described the various locations where
these events occurred essentially what she told police in an
abbreviated form. In that call she told the College of Nurses she would
have CAMH fax the four-page confession she had written [Appendix A].
CAMH provided it and many of their other records to the College of
Nurses.
l. Bible College Friend. On October 10, 2016, shortly after her release
from CAMH, Ms. Wettlaufer contacted an old friend from bible college
with whom she had stayed in contact. During the conversation she
admitted that she had given insulin overdoses to patients who didnt
need insulin. No detailed information was given. She also explained that
police were gathering a case against her and asked if this friend had
been contacted by them. This friend later told police that he/she was in
shock, that Ms. Wettlaufer was capable of doing this, and that he/she
could not see her fabricating it.
m. Lawyer. In her statement to police and to CAMH, Elizabeth Wettlaufer
said she had consulted a lawyer (not Mr. Burgess) years earlier. Ms.
Wettlaufer told them that the lawyer explained it would be in her interest
to remain silent. To CAMH, Ms. Wettlaufer explained further that the
lawyer urged her to pursue professional help from a mental health
professional.
ADMISSION OF LIABILITY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DOCUMENT
160. Elizabeth Wettlaufer has been in custody since she turned herself in for arrest on
October 24, 2016. She has never applied for bail. She has no prior findings of guilt or
convictions. There are no outstanding charges other than those before this court. She
is currently not entitled to practice nursing having resigned on September 30, 2016. The

College of Nurses is currently investigating this matter and in due course there will be a
disciplinary hearing. While the parties do not speak for the College of Nurses, it can be
reasonably assumed that this guilty plea will effectively ensure she loses her nursing
status permanently.
161. Elizabeth Wettlaufer admits she committed first degree murder in relation to eight
people James Silcox, Maurice Granat, Gladys Millard, Helen Matheson, Mary
Zurawinski, Helen Young, Maureen Pickering and Arpad Horvath. Specifically, she
acknowledges and understands that:
a. In the periods alleged she intentionally applied force to each of them by
injecting each of them with insulin.
b. When injecting insulin into each, she knew that she was not doing so for
any real or perceived medical purpose or in conformity with a medical
prescription or on doctors orders.
c. When injecting insulin into each of them, she knew she did not have
consent to do so from any of them or from their powers of attorney.
d. She intended to murder each of them. Specifically,
i. In relation to James Silcox, Maurice Granat, Gladys Millard, Helen
Matheson, Mary Zurawinski, Helen Young, and Arpad Horvath,
Elizabeth Wettlaufer intended to kill each of them, and
ii. In relation to Maureen Pickering, Elizabeth Wettlaufer intended to
cause bodily harm that she knew was so serious that it would likely kill
Maureen Pickering and proceeded to inject Maureen Pickering despite

knowing Maureen Pickering would likely die as a result of the bodily
harm she intended to cause.
e. The injections of insulin were significant contributing causes of each of
their deaths;
f. That before injecting each of them she considered the consequences of
giving the injections. Further, before injecting each of them, she
formulated a scheme or design after weighing the advantages and
disadvantages of giving the insulin injections. Once the scheme or
design was formed, she then executed each scheme or design
immediately.
162. Elizabeth Wettlaufer admits she is guilty of four counts of attempted murder in
relation to four people Wayne Hedges, Michael Priddle Sandra Towler and Beverly
Bertram. Specifically, she acknowledges and understands that:
a. In the periods alleged she intentionally applied force to each of them by
injecting each with insulin.
b. When injecting insulin into each, she knew that she was not doing so for
any real or perceived medical purpose or in conformity with a medical
prescription or on doctors orders.
c. When injecting insulin into each of them, she knew she did not have
consent to do so from any of them or from their powers of attorney.
d. When she injected each of them, she intended to kill each of them.

163. Elizabeth Wettlaufer admits she is guilty of two counts of aggravated assault.
Specifically, she understands and acknowledges that:
a. In the periods alleged she intentionally applied force to each Clotilde
Adriano and Albina DeMedeiros by injecting each with insulin.
b. When injecting insulin into each Clotilde Adriano and Albina
DeMedeiros, she knew that she was not doing so for any real or
perceived medical purpose or in conformity with a medical prescription
or on doctors orders.
c. When injecting insulin into each Clotilde Adriano and Albina
DeMedeiros, she knew she did not have consent to do so from either of
them or from their powers of attorney.
d. When injecting insulin into each Clotilde Adriano and Albina
DeMedeiros, she knew then that an overdose of insulin could be fatal.
e. By injecting insulin into each Clotilde Adriano and Albina DeMedeiros,
she endangered each of their lives.
164. Elizabeth Tracy May Wettlaufer confirms that she has received independent legal
advice regarding the case against her, her available defences, the implication and
significance of entering guilty pleas and her signing this document. By entering guilty
pleas and signing this document, Elizabeth Wettlaufer acknowledges her understanding
that she waives her right to a trial at which the Crown would be obliged to prove all
essential elements of the charges before the Court beyond a reasonable doubt.

165. Elizabeth Wettlaufer understands that first degree murder involves a minimum
sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole for 25 years and section
745.6(2) of the Criminal Code bars an application for a reduction of parole. The Crown
acknowledges that pursuant to section 746 of the Criminal Code, parole calculations are
to be based on the date of arrest, October 24, 2016. Further, Elizabeth Wettlaufer
acknowledges understanding that the Crown and her counsel will jointly propose a
sentence as follows:
a. On all counts of first degree murder (counts 3, 4, 7 to12 inclusive), life
imprisonment without eligibility for parole for 25 years, all sentences to
run concurrently.
b. On all counts of attempted murder (counts 5, 6, 13 and 14), 10 years to
run concurrently to each other and to all other sentences.
c. On all counts of aggravated assault (counts 1 and 2), 7 years concurrent
to each other and concurrent to all other sentences.
166. Elizabeth Wettlaufer and the Crown agree that nothing in this document bars an
appeal of the sentence imposed.
167. The Crown and Elizabeth Wettlaufer confirm that notwithstanding any submission
made regarding the length of sentence to be imposed for the non-fatal charges, the final
decision as to sentence remains with the Court.

168. It is agreed that the Court is obliged to make two mandatory ancillary orders as
part of the sentence imposed7:
(a) DNA databank order in Form 5.03
(b) Weapons prohibition for life under section 109
169. Elizabeth Wettlaufer also confirms her understanding that, if this guilty plea is
struck or later overturned on appeal, the Crown may seek to use this document as a
voluntary confession in any resulting proceeding.
170. Elizabeth Wettlaufer confirms that she speaks and reads English, that she has
read this document and that all the facts in this document are true and correct.
ALL OF WHICH IS AGREED,
SIGNED by Elizabeth Tracy Mae Wettlaufer and Brad Burgess at ____________,
Ontario on the ____ day of _________, 2017.
Elizabeth Tracy Mae Wettlaufer Brad Burgess

Counsel for Ms. Wettlaufer
7
Murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault are all primary designated offences under section
487.04 of the Criminal Code and the DNA order is therefore mandatory pursuant to section 487.051(1).
A ten-year weapons prohibition is mandatory pursuant to section 109(3).

SIGNED on behalf of the Ministry of the Attorney General, Province of Ontario at
Woodstock, Ontario on the ______ day of ____________, 2017.
Fraser M. Kelly Andre Rajna

General Crown Counsel Crown Attorney

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Court File 05/17

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

ELIZABETH TRACY MAE WETTLAUFER

AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS ON GUILTY PLEA

summarized in this chart.

deceased had been cremated so disinterment was not possible.

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 2

the Woodstock area where she attended school and church.

6. Following secondary school, Ms. Wettlaufer enrolled in various schools, including

medication administration and client health care.

Woodstock. This establishment included both rehabilitation/physiotherapy facilities as

well as end of life palliative care.

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 3

medication administration. Her duties included supervising the registered practical

Insulin and Hypoglycemia

level get too high, a condition called hyperglycemia, naturally-produced insulin is

within the normal range.

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 4

take synthetic insulin by injection. Some diabetics control blood sugar by a

is individualized to a patients needs and metabolism. Injection of insulin is normally

accomplished by inserting cartridges of insulin inside an insulin pen - a simple pen-like

too low, they will suffer from hypoglycemia, or become hypoglycemic.

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 5

Persons suffering hypoglycemia may experience confusion, paleness, diaphoresis (the

experienced in relation to many other medical conditions, not merely hypoglycemia.

deteriorated, it may be possible to find evidence corroborating hypoglycemia by

examining the tissue of the brain.

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 6

it was kinda hit and miss.

Count 1: Clotilde Adriano

aggravated assault by injecting Mrs. Adriano with

insulin in 2007 thereby endangering her life.

17. Clotilde Adriano was born October 25, 1920

and resided in the Woodstock area where she

married and raised her family. Clotilda Adriano and

her husband, (deceased in 1997) had two children.

Mrs. Adriano had many siblings, including a sister-in-

law, Albina DeMedeiros, who was also a resident of

Caressant Care and is the alleged victim in the next

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 7

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 8

Count 2: Albina DeMedeiros

23. Albina DeMedeiros passed away in 2010. Ms.

Wettlaufer admits committing aggravated assault by

injecting Mrs. DeMedeiros with insulin in 2007 thereby

endangering her life.

24. Albina DeMedeiros was born February 25, 1919 in

Portugal and moved to Canada to join her brothers and

family. She married and worked alongside her husband

growing tobacco in the Woodstock area. Although they

children from a previous marriage.

included diabetes which required insulin injections.

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 9

prescribed dose of 30 to 40 units of long lasting insulin.

Agreed statement of fact Wettlaufer page 10

and disadvantages of giving them.

31. James Lancing Silcox was born on