A Pennsylvania nurse has been charged with administering lethal doses of insulin that resulted in the deaths of two patients and the hospitalization of a third after she “felt poorly about her quality of life.”
Heather Pressdee, 40, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, was charged Wednesday with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of two men, one 55 and one 83.
Pressdee was also charged with attempted murder of a 73-year-old man, one count of aggravated assault and three counts of neglect of a dependent caretaker and three counts of reckless endangerment.
The deranged murders took place at Quality Life Services, a skilled nursing facility in Chicora where Pressdee worked as a registered nurse.
Investigators said the victims were under Pressdee’s care when they received an overdose of insulin that led to medical emergencies for all and two deaths.
Heather Pressdee, 40, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, was charged Wednesday with two counts of murder, in connection with the deaths of two men, one 55 the other 83. She is also charged with the attempted murder of a third man 73
Pressdee had worked at many other healthcare facilities, but had to be fired or disciplined due to abusive behavior before ending up at Quality of Life Services, pictured.
Pressdee is also said to have been disciplined for abusive behavior towards patients and/or staff at 11 health centers since 2018, and she either resigned or was fired from those.
The two men died on December 4 and December 25, 2022, and the surviving victim was administered a potentially lethal dose of insulin on August 31, 2022.
An affidavit obtained by DailyMail.com alleges that Pressdee gave his victims lethal doses of insulin, a hormone used to lower blood sugar levels in people with diabetes.
The 55-year-old and the 83-year-old became ill while under Pressdee’s care in November of last year.
According to the affidavit, the two men had been ‘suite roommates’ with their rooms connected via a Jack and Jill bathroom.
On the same night, both men had to be sent to the hospital for the same condition, hypoglycemia, thirty minutes apart.
Both men later died as a result of this, and a nurse practitioner interviewed by police said that in her thirty years of experience she had never seen anything like it.
The nurse also said that Pressdee had told her that one of the men “would be better off dead”.
The 73-year-old man who survived was also under Pressdee’s care at the care facility and allegedly overdosed on insulin, despite not being a diabetic.
According to the affidavit, the man began having seizures and suffered severe hypoglycemia shortly after Pressdee attended him directly.
A typical room at the Quality of Life Services facility located in Chicora, Pennsylvania, where Pressdee had worked
The incidents occurred at Quality Life Services in Chicora while Pressdee was caring for the men.
After police arrived at his home Wednesday night, Pressdee apparently admitted responsibility.
She told officers that the surviving victim, who had been in isolation for COVID, asked Pressdee to “kill him.”
Pressdee also told investigators that he felt bad for the two men who later died and that their “quality of life was not good” before injecting them with insulin.
In a statement, Quality Life Services said: ‘Quality Life Services is shocked and devastated to learn that the charges brought against Ms. Pressdee by the Attorney General’s Office include alleged illegal activity that occurred at our QLS – Chicora facility.
“We will continue to fully cooperate with the Office of the Attorney General as necessary in the investigation and prosecution of this matter.
“We can assure our community, our residents, our families and our staff that all residents of Quality Life Services – Chicora are safe and receive the proper care and services.”
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