Katariina Pantila
Nurse convicted of killing patients
Intro | Nurse convicted of killing patients | |
is | Nurse | |
Work field | Healthcare | |
Gender |
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Death | 8 March 2010 |
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.
In March 2007 Pantila, a nurse, gave a baby an injection of insulin at a family gathering. A few days later she murdered a mentally disabled patient she was caring for. She was apprehended, put on trial and 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.