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\nFederal Courthouse, Clarksburg WVa<\/p>\n
\nFederal Courthouse, Clarksburg WVa<\/p>\n
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By Brad McElhinny<\/strong><\/p>\n CLARKSBURG, W.Va. \u2014 A former nursing assistant at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center has pleaded guilty to killing 7 veterans by injecting them with insulin.<\/p>\n Reta Mays, 46, of Harrison County, entered that plea Tuesday afternoon to a federal information before U.S. District Judge Thomas Kleeh in Clarksburg.<\/p>\n She faces consecutive life terms for seven murder counts and another 20 years for a count of assault with attempt to murder. For now, she has been taken to West Virginia\u2019s Northern Regional Jail.<\/p>\n During a hearing that lasted about an hour, Mays agreed with extensive questioning about whether she was aware of the terms of the plea, weeping at first and then building to sobs.<\/p>\n Mays, with short brown hair, glasses and a white facemask as a coronavirus precaution, stood as Kleeh asked \u201cDid you in fact do what they say you did?\u201d<\/p>\n She answered just as she had to prior questions, \u201cYes sir.\u201d<\/p>\n But Mays did not ever say why she committed the crimes, and federal prosecutors said they were less concerned her motive than with keeping her away from further victims and sending her to prison.<\/p>\n A status conference is set for late October as defense attorneys and prosecutors build more of the case record. Her defense lawyers said they need to document mitigating circumstances as Kleeh considers what her sentence will wind up being.<\/p>\n The charges and plea follow a two-year investigation that began after the VA Medical Center reported several suspicious deaths. Mays had access to the veterans\u2019 hospital rooms. She wasn\u2019t supposed to have access to insulin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Old fashioned police work brought her down, at least the means and opportunity parts; we may never know what motivated her to commit her crimes. Read the entire article here: WV Metro News<\/a><\/p>\n We have the best ninjas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"