Judge murder in US

A former nurse who claims to have killed more than 40 patients at United States hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to murdering a judge in 1988.

Judge murder in US
Sat, 18 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

Charles Cullen, 44, admitted he killed Jersey City Municipal Judge John Yengo by putting lidocaine, a heart medicine, in his intravenous drip.

The drug made his heart stop.

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