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Nurse in Texas Accused of Killing Patients with Bleach Injections

By David Lohr

Kimberly Clark Saenz, now 35, a nurse at a dialysis center in Lufkin, Texas-located about halfway between Tyler and Beaumont on the east side of the Lone Star State, was arrested on Friday, May 30, 2008 and initially charged with intentionally injecting two patients with bleach at the DaVita Dialysis Center located in that city.  Two witnesses told police that they had seen Saenz draw bleach into syringes and inject it into the dialysis lines of the patients in question on Monday, April 28, 2008.  Fortunately, both of those patients survived their encounter with the cleaning substance.  Subsequent tests showed the presence of bleach in the syringes and the patients' dialysis tubing.  Saenz was booked into the Angelina County jail and was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, and bail was initially set at $250,000...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on April 08, 2009 (boomark / email).