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Terri Rachals

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Terri Rachals
Born
Terri Eden Maples Rachals

1966 (age 57–58)
Georgia, U.S.
Criminal statusReleased
Conviction(s)Aggravated assault
Criminal penalty17 years imprisonment
Details
Victims0–9+
Span of crimes
August – December 1985
CountryU.S.
State(s)Georgia
Date apprehended
March 13, 1986

Terri Eden Maples Rachals is a former nurse from Georgia who was accused of killing people at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia with potassium chloride, a heart-stopping drug. While suspected of killing at least nine of her patients, she was charged with only six murders, three of which she acknowledged possibly committing while in a "fugue state" in a recanted confession that she made to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.[1]

In 1986, Rachals was guilty on one of twenty aggravated assault charges. She was acquitted of murder. Rachals was sentenced to 17 years in prison and three years of probation.[1][2] She served her entire sentence, and was released from prison in April 2003.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "CBS News: Angel Of Death?". Archived from the original on September 13, 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  2. ^ "Nurse receives 17 year prison sentence - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  3. ^ "Geocites: Terri Rachals". Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  4. ^ "Caselaw". Retrieved 2015-01-04.