Jennifer Anne Hall: Former respiratory therapist pleads guilty to murder of two patients in 2002
Jennifer Hall, a former respiratory therapist, has pleaded guilty to two murders from 2002 from her time working at a Missouri hospital, according to a CBS report. However, Hall is more than a former nurse — she’s allegedly also a suspected serial killer despite only being charged with two offenses.
Nine deaths at the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe over a span of several months throughout 2002 raised red flags to hospital staff, who deemed the deaths “medically suspicious,” according to the probable cause statement. All in all, 18 cardiac arrests or “Code Blue” events occurred during Hall’s employment between Dec. 2001 and May 2002.
Before this, the hospital averaged one “Blue Code” a year, the statement continues, noting that this resumed being the average after Hall, now 42, was put on administrative leave in May 2002. She was 21-years-old, and her colleagues claimed she had been near or in the rooms during each of the nine deaths.
In Sept. 2022, Hall pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge regarding 75-year-old Fern Franco, a pneumonia patient, KTTN previously reported. A colleague told police that Hall had been in the vicinity of Franco’s room at the time of the cardiac arrest and entered the room with the…
