Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood has obtained a fifth felony indictment against Genene Jones, the infamous 'killer nurse' who is set to be released from prison in March, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
LaHood has vowed that Jones, who is alleged to have murdered as many as sixty babies and toddlers, will never walk free again.Jones was convicted in 1984 of killing 15 month old Chelsea McClellan at a doctor's office in Kerrville and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
But under 'mandatory release' laws in place at the time, which were designed to reduce prison overcrowding, Jones is facing a 'mandatory release date' of March 1, 2018.
LaHood's plan is to hit her with multiple indictments. He plans to have a Bexar County Sheriff's cruiser at the door of the Lane Murray Unit in Gatesville when the doors swing open in March, to take Jones into custody and transport her to the Bexar County Jail to stand trial for multiple felonies.
A grand jury on Tuesday indicted Jones, 66, for the murder of 3 month old Paul Villarreal back in 1981.
Jones has already been indicted for the murders of four babies and toddlers at what was then called 'Bexar County Hospital,' now University Hospital, in the early 1980s. All of them were injected with overdoses of pharmaceuticals, generally the blood coagulant Heparin.
"We are going to do our best not to leave any baby behind," LaHood said.
Evidence presented at Jones' trial, which was held in Williamson County, indicated Jones suffered from a condition called 'Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.' That is when a person intentionally inflicts distress on another individual, generally a child or a person in their care, so the person can appear to be the 'savior' who either rushes to the aid and heroically saves the victim's life, or is available to provide comfort and counsel when the person dies.
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