Daniela Poggiali Explained
| Daniela Poggiali |
| Birth Date: | 1971-1972 (age 52-53) |
| Birth Place: | Italy |
| Victims: | 38 alleged |
| Beginyear: | 2013 |
| Endyear: | 2014 |
| Country: | Italy |
| Apprehended: | 9 October 2014 |
Daniela Poggiali is an Italian nurse who was accused of killing 38 of her patients. She was exonerated in 2021, after confounding factors were found in a statistical reanalysis of the hospital’s mortality data.[1]
She was arrested after an autopsy on 78-year-old Rosa Calderoni revealed dangerous levels of potassium in her body. 38 of 86 of her patients died within a three-month period.[2] [3]
She has been found not guilty by Supreme Court in January 2023 [4] An account of her case relating it to those of other nurses convicted of killing patients also describes the questions raised by Richard D. Gill about the statistical analyses often used in such cases.[5]
Notes and References
- News: A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies, Did She Do It? . New Yorker . 13 May 2024 . 13 May 2024 . https://archive.today/20240514125706/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/lucy-letby-was-found-guilty-of-killing-seven-babies-did-she-do-it . 14 May 2024.
- News: Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis. 25 April 2022. 31 May 2024.
- Web site: Italian nurse who took photos with dead patients accused of murder . theguardian.com . October 16, 2014 . October 17, 2014.
- Web site: ITALIAN NURSE ACCUSED OF KILLING 38 PATIENTS SHE FOUND 'ANNOYING' . 6abc.com . October 17, 2014.
- Web site: Cassazione. Assoluzione definitiva per Daniela Poggiali . rainews.it.
- News: Jones . Tobias . 2024-10-19 . ‘The case became a witch hunt’: how ‘killer nurse’ Daniela Poggiali fought to clear her name . 2024-10-19 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
