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Two more suspicious deaths at Lexington, Ky., VA hospital

Jennifer Hewlett - Lexington Herald-Leader

October 08, 2009 12:29 PM

A special agent with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General says there are at least two more suspicious deaths at Lexington's Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Those details emerged Thursday during Rick Ellison's testimony at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Lexington for Maria K. Whitt, a former nurse that has been charged in the death three years ago of a 90-year-old World War II veteran who was at the hospital off Cooper Drive.

In a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday, Whitt, 32, of Mount Sterling is charged with killing Jesse Lee Chain by injecting him with lethal levels of morphine.

Those details emerged Thursday during Rick Ellison's testimony at a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Lexington for Maria K. Whitt, a former nurse that has been charged in the death three years ago of a 90-year-old World War II veteran who was at the hospital off Cooper Drive.

In a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday, Whitt, 32, of Mount Sterling is charged with killing Jesse Lee Chain by injecting him with lethal levels of morphine.

Ellison was asked whether there were any other questionable deaths at the hospital.

"There are two, at least two," he said.

Read the complete story at kentucky.com

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