Ex-Texas nurse pleads guilty in 1981 death of 11-month-old

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A former Texas nurse suspected in the killing of dozens of children pleaded guilty Thursday to the 1981 death of an 11-month-old, receiving a life sentence that a prosecutor said will likely ensure she dies in prison.

Genene Jones, 69, was sent to prison in 1984 after being convicted for the death of one child and for giving an overdose to another.

She had been set to be released from prison in 2018 under a mandatory release law that was in place when she was convicted. But prosecutors in 2017, citing new evidence, filed five separate murder charges related to the deaths of children in the early 1980s.

“With this plea, the odds are she will take her last breath in prison,” prosecutor Catherine Babbitt said after the hearing.



FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, convicted child killer Genene Jones appears in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center in San Antonio. Jones, a former Texas nurse suspected in the killing of dozens of children pleaded guilty, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, to the 1981 death of an 11-month-old and was sentenced to life in prison. Jones, 69, has been in prison since 1984 after being convicted for the death of one child and for giving an overdose to another. (Bob Owen/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, File)


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[saidsimplesimon]

1. Monsters among US

Thank you Steve

Why did it take so long to nail her/him?

[LeftInTX]

3. It didn't

She had mandatory early release from a 1984 murder conviction (Only required to serve 1/3 of a 99 year sentence) The old murder conviction was in another county.

These were new charges that were filed in a different county.

[LeftInTX]

2. Good!!!

She had mandatory early release from her other conviction. Only had to serve 1/3 of her 99 year sentence.
She was a serial killer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genene_Jones

[saidsimplesimon]

4. Thank you for the link