Wikipedia: Kimberly Clark Saenz (born November 11, 1973) also known as Kimberly Clark Fowler, is a convicted serial killer. She was implicated in the deaths of several patients at a Texas dialysis center. The patients are thought to have been injected with bleach which Saenz is alleged to have drawn up into syringes and injected into the patients’ dialysis lines.
In 2008, at the time of the murders, Saenz was a 34-year-old
licensed practical nurse. Saenz was married with two young children. Saenz
suffered from substance dependence and used stolen prescription medication.
Saenz had been fired at least four times from health care jobs and placed
disinformation on an application for employment and sought a health care job in
violation of the terms of her bail.
On March 31, 2012, in Texas District Court, Saenz was found
guilty of the 2008 murders of five dialysis patients and injuring five other
patients. On April 2, 2012, the Angelina County jury sentenced Saenz to life
imprisonment with no eligibility for parole and three 20-year sentences for
aggravated assault. The five murder victims were Clara Strange, Thelma Metcalf,
Garlin Kelley, Cora Bryant and Opal Few.
The two eyewitness accounts of Linda Hall and Leraline
Hamilton confirmed that on April 28, 2008, Saenz drew sodium hypochlorite,
commonly known as bleach, into syringes and injected the substance into two
patients’ dialysis lines at the clinic owned by DaVita in Lufkin, Texas. The
Food and Drug Administration prepared a document confirming that samples linked
to some victims tested positive for bleach while others showed bleach “may have
been present at one time.”
Lufkin law enforcement officers testified at the trial that
they arrested Saenz for publi intoxication and criminal trespass. These
incidents related to the domestic disturbances with her husband, Mark Kevin
Saenz. The husband had filed for divorce and had obtained a restraining order
against Saenz in June 2007, just one year before the clinic deaths and
illnesses. The trial records reflected that prior to working at DaVita, Saenz
was fired from Woodland Heights Hospital for stealing Demerol, which was found
in her handbag. Saenz was fired from DaVita in April 2008 after the numerous
deaths at the clinic. Saenz nursing licence eventually was suspended. Saenz
then applied to work as a receptionist in a Lufkin medical office and lied on
her job application about previous employment.
The prosecutor, Clyde Herrington, believed there were more
victims than just the ten indicted cases, based on the research of the
epidemiologist from the Centers for Diseas Control and Prevention. The
epidemiologist statistically connected Saenz to other adverse health events to
patients. Lufkin Police detectives could only obtain medical waste from two
weeks prior to April 28, 2008, so there was inadequate evidence to raise
further indictments against Saenz in the other incidents. At the victim impact
statement portion of the trial, the daughter of victim Thelma Metcalf told
Saenz, “You are nothing more than a psychopathic serial killer. I hope you burn
in hell.
Saenz’s defense team is planning to file an appeal to the
Twelfth Court of Appeal of Texas.
Saenz is serving her sentence at Dr. Lane Murray Unit.
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5 deaths:
Clara Strange
Thelma Metcalf
Garlin Kelley
Cora Bryant
Opal Few
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Apr. 28, 2008 – “two dialysis patients said they did not
feel well and two others reported that they saw Saenz inject bleach into tubing
used by patients Marva Rhone and Carolyn Risinger.”
Mar. 5, 2012 – Trial begins.
Apr. 2, 2012 – “the Angelina County jury sentenced Saenz to
life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole and three 20-year sentences
for aggravated assault.”
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For more cases, see Sicko Nurses
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