CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — A former respiratory therapist has been arrested on costs of first-degree homicide within the dying of a affected person in Missouri 20 years in the past, officers stated.

The Livingston County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced in a Fb publish that deputies arrested Jennifer Corridor, 41, on Thursday night. In line with courtroom paperwork in Corridor’s case, Corridor was indicted within the 2002 dying of Fern Franco, considered one of 9 individuals killed at Heydrick Medical Middle in Chillicothe over a number of months in 2002. ,

Officers stated Corridor labored as a respiratory therapist on the hospital when all of the sufferers died of coronary heart failure. Matthew O’Connor, who has represented Corridor previously, stated earlier this week that no proof exists to hyperlink Corridor to the deaths. Corridor has beforehand denied any involvement.

The case was revived after Franco’s tissue samples had been analyzed, which discovered morphine and a strong muscle relaxant utilized in anesthesia in his system. Investigators stated his docs had neither prescribed nor ordered medication for him.

In line with courtroom paperwork, some hospital workers believed Corridor was chargeable for his proximity to sufferers, entry to lethal prescribed drugs, and informing workers about every affected person’s cardiac emergency.

Corridor was positioned on administrative depart three days after Franco’s dying.