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  1. Michael Joseph Swango (born James Michael Swango, [1] October 21, 1954) is an American serial killer and physician who is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues in the United States and Zimbabwe, although he admitted to causing only four deaths.

  2. Mar 29, 2022 · Michael Swango is a convicted serial killer who used his position as a medical student, paramedic and later as a physician to poison colleagues and patients. He's serving three life sentences at the country's only supermax federal penitentiary in Florence, Colorado.

    • Suzanne Goldsmith
  3. Sep 26, 2024 · Michael Swango's shocking crimes as a doctor-turned-serial killer have captured public attention. His case has been featured in various media and literary works, exploring the chilling details of his actions and their impact.

  4. Oct 18, 2000 · Michael J. Swango pleaded guilty in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to aggravated murder in the January 14, 1984 death of Cynthia Ann McGee, 19, a gymnast who was recovering from a car...

    • Who Is Dr. Michael Swango?
    • What Happened to Dr. Swango's Patients and co-workers?
    • Is Dr. Michael Swango Still Alive?

    Joseph Michael Swango was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1954. The second of three children, he grew up in Quincy, Illinois. His father was a prominent U.S. Army officer and Vietnam War veteran, who allegedly bragged about his combat kills and suffered from alcoholism, according to the New York Post. Swango was an exemplary student and high school ...

    A nurse would later tell police she saw Swango injecting an unknown substance into a patient’s IV right before they stopped breathing, according to the Los Angeles Times. In 1984, Swango claimed he discovered the dead body of patient Ricky DeLong, 21, while performing his rounds. An autopsy would later reveal that a ball of gauze had been placed do...

    On Sept. 6, 2000, Michael Swango pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, according to the Associated Press. By making a deal with prosecutors, he was spared the death penalty, and the government of Zimbabwe agreed not to seek his extradition and pursue charges...

    • Benjamin H. Smith
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  5. Mar 29, 2022 · If Michael Swango killed as many people as those who investigated him believe, he was astonishingly prolific. According to “ Blind Eye,” James B. Stewart’s deeply researched 1999 book about the case, Swango, who has confessed to four killings, very likely murdered 35 people and perhaps 60 or more.

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  7. Nov 16, 1997 · Michael Swango is a convicted poisoner and a doctor whose patients keep dying. Why have hospitals around the country repeatedly put people under his care? By James B. Stewart. November 16,...

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