Former Nurse Pleads Not Guilty in 10 Deaths
A former nurse accused of killing patients at a veterans hospital with a paralyzing drug a decade ago pleaded not guilty in Columbia to 10 counts of first-degree murder.
Boone County Prosecutor Kevin Crane announced his decision to seek the death penalty if the ex-nurse, Richard Williams, is convicted.
Williams, 36, who worked at Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, smiled at his wife and toddler son during the court hearing. The patients died from March to July 1992.Williams left the VA hospital in early 1994. He is jailed without bond.
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