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Charles Cullen | |
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.jpg) Charles Cullen in custody | |
| Born | Charles Edmund Cullen February 22, 1960 West Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Spouse |
Adrianne Baum
(m. 1987; div. 1993) |
| Children | 2 |
| Criminal penalty | 18 consecutive life sentences |
| Details | |
| Victims | 29 confirmed; several hundred more suspected and six more attempts |
Span of crimes | 1988–2003 |
| Country | United States |
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Date apprehended | December 15, 2003 |
Charles Edmund Cullen (born February 22, 1960) is an American serial killer. While working as a nurse, Cullen murdered dozens—possibly hundreds—of patients during a 16-year career spanning several New Jersey and Pennsylvania medical centers until being arrested in 2003. He confessed to committing as many as 40 murders[1][2] at least 29 of which have been confirmed,[1] though interviews with police, psychiatrists and journalists[3] suggest he committed many more. Researchers who are intimately involved in the case believe Cullen may have murdered as many as 400 people. However, most murders cannot be confirmed due to lack of records.[4]
- ^ a b Graeber, Charles (April 9, 2007). "The Tainted Kidney". New York Magazine. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
- ^ "Killer nurse gets 11 life sentences". CNN. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "First serial killer on 60 Minutes in 45 years". 60 Minutes. April 25, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ Pérez-Peña, Richard; Kocieniewski, David; George, Jason (February 29, 2004). "DEATH ON THE NIGHT SHIFT: 16 Years, Dozens of Bodies; Through Gaps in System, Nurse Left Trail of Grief". The New York Times.