| 词条 | Orville Lynn Majors |
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| name=Orville Lynn Majors | image= Orville Lynn Majors (serial killer).png | image_size = 175px | alias= | birth_date= {{Birth date|1961|4|24}} | birth_place=Linton, Indiana | death_date= {{Death date and age|2017|9|24|1961|4|24}} | cause= Heart failure | country=U.S. | states=Indiana | beginyear=1993 | endyear=1995 | apprehended=1997 | penalty=360 years in prison }}Orville Lynn Majors (April 24, 1961 – September 24, 2017) from Linton, Indiana, was a licensed practical nurse and serial killer, who was convicted of murdering his patients in Clinton, Indiana. Though he was only tried for six murders, he was believed to have committed as many as 130 between 1993 and 1995, the period of time for which he was employed by the hospital where the deaths occurred, and for which he was investigated.[1] It was reported that he murdered patients who were demanding, whiny, or disproportionately added to his work load.[2] SuspicionSuspicion first developed when a large number of deaths began occurring at Vermillion County Hospital, where Majors worked. Prior to the time when Majors began employment at the hospital, an average of around 26 patients died annually.[3] After Majors started working at the facility, however, this rate skyrocketed to more than 100 per year, with nearly one out of every three patients admitted to the hospital dying.[4] Prosecution and trialAfter the state of Indiana launched a criminal investigation, Majors was arrested in December 1997. A total of 79 witnesses were called to the stand at his trial. Some of the witnesses testified that he hated elderly people, and that he believed that they "should be gassed."[5] TelevisionThe story of the police investigation and prosecution of Majors is featured in a segment of an episode of The New Detectives entitled "Broken Trust" (Season 9, Episode 11). References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2003/12/16/in_depth_us/whoswho588843_0_6_person.shtml |title=Angels Of Death? - CBS News |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050913022328/http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2003/12/16/in_depth_us/whoswho588843_0_6_person.shtml |archivedate=September 13, 2005 }} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Majors, Orville Lynn}}2. ^Yorker, Beatrice, Kenneth W. Kizer, Paula Lampe, A.R.W. Forrest, Jacquetta Lannan, and Donna Russell. "Serial Murder by Healthcare Professionals." Forensic Science 51.6 (2006): 1362-1371 3. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Angels of Death: The Male Nurses (Troubled Caretaker) | work = truTV Crime Library | url = http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/angels/male_nurses/5.html | accessdate = April 22, 2012}} 4. ^Court TV Legal Documents: Orville Lynn Majors Affidavit {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910061605/http://www.courttv.com/archive/legaldocs/newsmakers/orville.html |date=September 10, 2007 }} 5. ^indiana {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814110632/http://kaiserpapers.info/indiana.html |date=August 14, 2007 }} 15 : 1961 births|2017 deaths|1993 murders in the United States|1994 murders in the United States|1995 murders in the United States|People from Clinton, Indiana|People from Linton, Indiana|Nurses convicted of killing patients|American serial killers|Male serial killers|Poisoners|American people convicted of murder|People convicted of murder by Indiana|Male nurses|20th-century American criminals |
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