Donald Harvey (April 15, 1952 – March 30, 2017) was an American serial killer who claimed to have murdered 87 people, though he has 37 confirmed victims. He was able to do this during his time as a hospital orderly. His spree took place between 1970 and 1987.
Harvey claimed to have begun killing to "ease the pain" of patients—mostly cardiac patients—by smothering them with their pillows.[1] However, he gradually grew to enjoy killing and became a self-described "angel of death." At the time of his death, Harvey was serving 28 life sentences at the Toledo Correctional Institution in Toledo, Ohio, having pled guilty to murder charges to avoid execution.
Harvey began working in hospitals at the age of 18 as an orderly at the Marymount Hospital in London, Kentucky. He later confessed that during the ten-month period he worked at the hospital, he killed at least a dozen patients. His second victim was killed in the room with Danny George, a twelve-year-old child. Harvey was insistent that he killed purely out of a sense of empathy for the suffering of those who were terminally ill, but also admitted that many of the killings were committed due to anger at the victims. His victims ranged from middle age to elderly and were unusually broad in range, including men and women of various races, ethnicities and backgrounds. The only thing they had in common was that they were all cardiac patients.[10][full citation needed]
The full extent of Harvey's crimes may never be known since so many were undetected for so long. He did not use any particular modus operandi and used many methods to kill his victims, such as: arsenic, cyanide, insulin, suffocation, miscellaneous poisons, morphine, turning off ventilators, administration of fluid tainted with hepatitis B and/or HIV (which resulted in a hepatitis infection, but no HIV infection, and illness rather than death), and insertion of a coat hanger into a catheter, causing an abdominal puncture and subsequent peritonitis. Cyanide and arsenic were his most-used methods, with Harvey administering them via food or injections. The majority of Harvey's crimes took place at Marymount Hospital, the Cincinnati V.A. Medical Hospital, and Cincinnati's Drake Memorial Hospital. At various times, he worked as an orderly or an autopsy assistant.[11]
Harvey did not limit his victims to helpless hospital patients. When he suspected his lover and roommate Carl Hoeweler of infidelity, he poisoned Hoeweler's food with arsenic so he would be too ill to leave their apartment. He poisoned two of his neighbors—sickening one, Diane Alexander, by putting hepatitis serum in her drink, and killing the other, Helen Metzger, by putting arsenic in her pie. He also killed Hoeweler's father Henry with arsenic.[7]
Investigation
After keeping his crimes hidden for seventeen years, Harvey slipped up in March 1987. An autopsy on John Powell, who had died abruptly after spending several months on life support following a motorcycle accident, revealed large amounts of cyanide in his system. Harvey became a person of interest when investigators learned he had been forced to resign from the Cincinnati VA hospital after he was caught stealing body parts for occult rituals. At the time, most hospitals did not vet orderlies as closely as doctors or nurses. When they brought Harvey in for questioning, he confessed to Powell's murder, claiming he had euthanized him with cyanide.[12]
Pat Minarcin, then an anchor at Cincinnati station WCPO-TV, found it unlikely that someone who had spent almost two decades caring for patients could suddenly kill one without having killed before. During his report on the night of Harvey's arrest, Minarcin asked on-air if there had been any other deaths. It was soon revealed that several nurses at Drake had raised concerns with administrators upon noticing a spike in deaths while Harvey was employed there, but they had been ordered to keep quiet. Not wanting to chance that he would be acquitted, the nurses contacted Minarcin and told him that there was evidence Harvey killed at least ten more people.[12][13] Over the next several months, Minarcin investigated the suspicious deaths and amassed enough evidence to air a half-hour special report detailing evidence that linked Harvey to at least 24 murders in a four-year period.[14] Harvey had been able to stay under the radar in part because he worked in an area of Drake where patients were not expected to survive.[12]
When Harvey's court-appointed lawyer, Bill Whalen, was briefed in advance about Minarcin's findings, he immediately asked Harvey if he had killed anyone else. Harvey replied that by his "estimate," he had killed as many as 70 people. Whalen knew that if prosecutors could link Harvey to more than one murder, Ohio law allowed them to seek the death penalty. In a bid to save his client's life, Whalen offered prosecutors a plea bargain—if the death penalty were taken off the table, Harvey would accept a sentence of life without parole and confess to all of his murders. The prosecutors agreed. In a marathon session with prosecutors, Harvey admitted to killing 24 people.[13][12]
In August 1987, Harvey pled guilty to 24 counts of first-degree murder. In accordance with the plea agreement, he was sentenced to three concurrent terms of life in prison.[15] The plea agreement allowed prosecutors to seek the death penalty if more murders came to light.[12] With this in mind, that November Harvey pled guilty in Laurel County Circuit Court to killing nine patients at Marymount Hospital in the 1970s. He was sentenced to life plus 20 years, to run concurrently with the Ohio sentence.[16] Ultimately, Harvey pled guilty to 37 murders. However, he confessed to killing as many as 50 people.[13]
Harvey was admitted to the Ohio prison system on October 26, 1987.[17]
Death
On March 28, 2017, authorities reported that Harvey had been found in his cell severely beaten. He died on March 30, 2017.[18][19] On May 3, 2019, fellow inmate James Elliott was charged with aggravated murder and other charges related to the death of Donald Harvey.[20][21] In September 2019, he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing Harvey.[22][23][24] The sentence was originally ordered to run consecutively to his other sentences, but was later changed to run concurrently, making Elliott eligible for parole in 2046 at age 71.[25][26]
Suffocation; smothered with a pillow and plastic bag
2
James Tyree
69
M
Kentucky
May 31, 1970
Accidental
Harvey gave Tyree the wrong catheter, causing him to vomit blood and die
3
Elizabeth Wyatt
42
F
Kentucky
June 22, 1970
Intentional, non-premeditated
Suffocation; cut off her oxygen supply
4
Eugene McQueen
43
M
Kentucky
July 10, 1970
Intentional, non-premeditated
Drowning; turned over on his back, causing him to drown in his own fluids
5
Harvey Williams
82
M
Kentucky
July 12, 1970
Accidental
Cardiac arrest; was given a faulty oxygen tank
6
Ben Gilbert
81
M
Kentucky
July 24–28, 1970
Intentional, premeditated
Organ infection; had knocked Harvey out with a urinal; Harvey gave him a catheter that was too large and then put a straightened coat hanger through it and into Gilbert's urethra, puncturing his bladder and bowel; went into instant shock and a coma, where he died four days later
7
Maude Nichols
64
F
Kentucky
August 15, 1970
Intentional, non-premeditated
Cardiac arrest; was given a faulty oxygen tank
8
William Bowling
58
M
Kentucky
August 30, 1970
Intentional, non-premeditated
Heart attack; cut off his oxygen supply
9
Viola Reed Wyran
63
F
Kentucky
November 4, 1970
Intentional, premeditated
Suffocation, attempted to kill her by smothering her with a pillow and plastic bag but was interrupted; later killed her by giving her a faulty oxygen tank
10
Margaret Harrison
91
F
Kentucky
December 6, 1970
Intentional, non-premeditated
Drug overdose; overdosed her on demerol, codeine, and morphine
11
Sam Carroll
80
M
Kentucky
January 6, 1971
Intentional, premeditated
Suffocation; given a faulty oxygen tank
12
Maggie Rawlins
N/A
F
Kentucky
January 15, 1971
Intentional, premeditated
Suffocation; smothered with a pillow and a plastic bag between it and her face
13
Silas Butner
62
M
Kentucky
January 23, 1971
Intentional, non-premeditated
Suffocation; given a faulty oxygen tank
14
John V. Combs
68
M
Kentucky
January 26, 1971
Intentional, premeditated
Suffocation; attempted to smother him with a plastic bag, but instead gave him a faulty oxygen tank
15
Milton Bryant Sasser
91
M
Kentucky
March 14, 1971
Intentional, premeditated
Drug overdose; overdosed him on morphine
16
Helen Metzger
63
F
Ohio
April 10, 1983
Intentional, premeditated
Internal injuries; after an argument with Harvey, Metzger was given arsenic after a tracheotomy, causing paralysis and hemorrhaging
17
Henry Hoeweler
82
M
Ohio
1983 (unspecified date)
Intentional, premeditated
Stroke and kidney failure; poisoned with arsenic
18
Howard Vetter
N/A
M
Ohio
1983 (unspecified date)
Accidental
Heart attack; drank alcohol Harvey had poisoned
19
Hiram Profitt
N/A
M
Ohio
September 19, 1984
Accidental
Drug overdose; overdosed him on heparin
20
James Peluso
65
M
Ohio
November 9, 1984
Intentional, premeditated
Cardiac arrest; poisoned with arsenic, was one of Harvey's ex-lovers
21
Edward Wilson
N/A
M
Ohio
March 18–25, 1985
Intentional, non-premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with arsenic, died 5 days after poisoning
22
Nathanial J. Watson
65
M
Ohio
April 8, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Suffocation; smothered with a wet plastic garbage bag liner; unsuccessfully attempted several times prior
23
Leon Nelson
64
M
Ohio
April 14, 1986
Intentional, non-premeditated
Suffocation; smothered with a wet plastic garbage bag liner
24
Virgil Weddle
81
M
Ohio
April 19, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Heart attack; poisoned with rat poison in his pudding
25
Lawrence Berndsen
N/A
M
Ohio
April 20–23, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned repeatedly with rat poison; died three days later
26
Doris Nally
65
F
Ohio
May 2, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide in her apple juice
27
Willie Johnson
N/A
M
Ohio
May–June 1986 (unspecified date)
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; attempted to poison with arsenic repeatedly
28
Edward Schreibesis
63
M
Ohio
June 20, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with arsenic in his soup
29
Robert Crockett
80
M
Ohio
June 29, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide in his I.V.
30
Donald Barney
91
M
Ohio
July 7, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; fed cyanide through a feeding tube and injected it into his buttocks
31
James T. Woods
65
M
Ohio
July 25, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide through his gastric tube
32
Ernst C. Frey
85
M
Ohio
August 16, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with arsenic through his gastric tube
33
Milton Canter
85
M
Ohio
August 29, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide through his nasal tube
34
Roger Evans
74
M
Ohio
September 17, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide through his gastric tube
35
Clayborn Kendrick
N/A
M
Ohio
September 20, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide through both his gastric tube and an injection into his testes
36
Albert Buehimann
69
M
Ohio
October 27, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide dissolved in his cup of water
37
William Collins
85
M
Ohio
October 30, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide dissolved in his orange juice
38
Henry Cody
78
M
Ohio
November 4, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide dissolved in water through his gastric tube
39
Mose Thompson
65
M
Ohio
November 22, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide through his nasal tube
40
Odas Day
72
M
Ohio
December 9, 1986
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with a cyanide solution
41
Cleo Fish
67
F
Ohio
December 10, 1986
Intentional, non-premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide in her cranberry juice; removed a lock of her hair post-mortem and burned it
42
Leo Parker
47
M
Ohio
January 1, 1987
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide in his feed bag
43
Margaret Kuckro
80
F
Ohio
February 5, 1987
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide in her orange juice
44
Stella Lemon
76
F
Ohio
February–March 16, 1987
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with a cyanide solution
45
Joseph M. Pike
68
M
Ohio
March 6, 1987
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with detachol
46
Hilda Leitz
82
F
Ohio
March 7, 1987
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with detachol in her G-tube and her orange juice
47
John W. Powell
44
M
Ohio
March 7, 1987
Intentional, premeditated
Poisoning; poisoned with cyanide in his gastric feeding tube
Media
WCPO-TV's I-Team, created in 1988, investigated Harvey's crimes. They received several awards for their efforts.[30]
Autopsy covered Harvey's crimes in the 1995 episode "The Angel of Death".
Infamous Murders covered Harvey's case alongside two others in its first episode "Angels of Death", first aired in 2001.
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