East Texas nurse accused of injuring patients indicted on capital murder, 3 more aggravated assault charges
By LouAnna Campbell
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Christus Trinity Mother Frances issues statement about new indictments
Christus Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler issued a statement on its website Friday concerning William Davis' capital murder indictment.
"Christus Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler continues to be grateful for the Grand Jury’s work and the efforts of the Tyler Police Department since we reported this issue on Jan. 28, 2018," the statement reads.
The statement said the hospital is working in concert with the Tyler Police Department to review patient files since the beginning of Davis’s employment.
"However, due to a protective order put in place by Judge Christi Kennedy, we’re unable to speak to specifics of that review or our processes and referrals of cases to Tyler law enforcement for investigation," the statement reads.
The statement said the hospital continues to be distressed by these serious allegations. However, the health care ministry remains rooted in our mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, according to the statement.
"We will not allow this matter to take away from the exceptional holistic care provided to our patients and their families," the statement reads.
The East Texas nurse accused of injuring patients at a Tyler hospital faces additional charges including capital murder, according to Smith County judicial records.
The county's criminal case records data base shows the Smith County grand jury handed up the charges on Tuesday.
William George Davis faces three additional charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and capital murder, according to judicial records.
Davis was indicted for murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on June 21.
Davis, a nurse at the Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital, was arrested in April and charged with murder related to the August death of Christopher Greenaway, 47, who was recovering from a heart procedure at the hospital.
Officials believe Davis intentionally injected air into arterial lines of patients recovering from heart surgery, causing them to have stroke-like symptoms.
Davis worked for Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler for five years and was terminated February 15, about a week after hospital officials went to police with their concerns. Prior to that, he worked for Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview from 2011 to 2013. All the incidents included in the arrest warrant affidavit occurred at Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler.
The affidavit indicates Tyler police investigators looked at staffing and payroll records and determined that Davis was the only nurse assigned to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at the date and time of each incident. They also reviewed hospital security footage pertaining to the seven incidents and observed Davis entering the room of three patients who suffered episodes within minutes of him leaving their room.
Information under the criminal homicide chapter of the Texas Penal Code states a person commits capital murder if the person murders more than one person during the same criminal transaction or during different criminal transactions but the murders are committed pursuant to the same scheme or course of conduct.
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