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Nurse accused of killing seniors had case put over until January

Nurse accused of killing seniors had case put over until January | iNFOnews.ca
Elizabeth Wettlaufer, of Woodstock, Ont., is shown in this still image taken from video provided by Citynews Toronto in Woodstock on Tuesday Oct. 25, 2016. The case of a nurse accused of killing eight seniors at two long-term care homes in southwestern Ontario has been put over until Jan. 6. Wettlaufer, 49, was remanded into custody Thursday during a brief appearance in court by video link. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Citynews Toronto MANDATORY CREDIT

WOODSTOCK, Ont. – The case of a nurse accused of killing eight seniors at two long-term care homes in southwestern Ontario has been put over until Jan. 6.

Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, was remanded into custody Thursday during a brief appearance in court by video link.

Wettlaufer is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of elderly residents at nursing homes in Woodstock, Ont., and London, Ont.

It’s alleged Wettlaufer used drugs to kill her victims while she worked at the facilities between 2007 and 2014.

The victims have been identified as James Silcox, 84, Maurice Granat, 84, Gladys Millard, 87, Helen Matheson, 95, Mary Zurawinski, 96, Helen Young, 90, Maureen Pickering, 79, Arpad Horvath, 75.

(CIHR, The Canadian Press)

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