WOODSTOCK, Ont. — Police in Woodstock, Ont., on Tuesday charged a former registered nurse, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, with eight counts of first-degree murder.
Her alleged victims are:
— Arpad Horvath, 75, was owner of Central Tool and Die of London, Ont., and active in the local Hungarian club. The married father of two died Aug. 31, 2014, at Victoria Hospital in London.
— Helen Young, 90, died at Caressant Care in Woodstock, Ont., on July 14, 2014.
— Maureen Pickering, 79, a widow, and a former native of Tillsonburg, Ont., died March 28, 2014, at Caressant Care in Woodstock, Ont.
— Mary Zurawinski, 96, died Nov. 7, 2011, at Caressant Care in Woodstock, Ont.
— Helen Matheson, 95, a widowed mother of two sons, was a longtime United Church member in Innerkip, Ont. She died Oct. 27, 2011, at Caressant Care in Woodstock, Ont.
— Gladys Millard, 87, was a widowed mother of two. A longtime member of Knox Presbyterian Church and member of the Rose Rebekah Lodge in Woodstock, Ont., the Nova Scotia native died Oct. 14, 2011, at Caressant Care in Woodstock, Ont.
— Maurice (Moe) Granat, 84, father of two, died at Caressant Care in Woodstock, Ont., on Dec. 23, 2007.
— James (Jim) Silcox, 84, Jim was a Second World War veteran of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. The former Standard Tube worker, a married father of six, died Aug. 12, 2007, at Caressant Care, in Woodstock, Ont.
SOME FACTS ABOUT NURSING HOMES IN ONTARIO
Police in Ontario are investigating the alleged murders of eight seniors at nursing homes in London and Woodstock. A former registered nurse has been charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. Here are some facts about nursing homes in Ontario:
626: Number of nursing homes in the province
76,569: Number of beds available in provincial long-term care homes
23,443: Number of patients on the wait list for a long-term care bed as of May 2015
97: Percentage of residents with two or more chronic conditions
$334 million: Amount of money designated to the Southwest Local Health Integration Network, which funds the homes at the heart of the homicide investigation.
$3.6 billion: Total provincial funds transferred to Local Health Integration Networks for long-term care homes
Source: 2015, 2015/16 Ontario government public accounts/Statistics from the Ontario Long-Term Care Association
