Former Texas nurse genene jones, jail for killing a baby

A former Texas nurse has been charged with the death 
of an 11- month-old baby, more than 30 years after she was jailed for killing a toddler.

Genene Jones is accused of injecting Joshua Sawyer 
with a toxic level of Dilantin in December 1981, the year
 before she killed Chelsea McClellan.

Jones, who is suspected of killing as many as 60 infants,
 was sentenced to 99 years for the little girl's death.

But a legal loophole means she is due to be released in
 March next year.

The law at the time Jones, 66, was jailed for Chelsea's 
murder meant she got a reduced sentence in return 
for good behaviour - much to the horror of Chelsea's
 mother, Petti.

Ms McClellan told ERICGOSSIP News in 2015 she was searching for a way to keep Jones in prison, saying she needed to find "another family that was a victim of Genene Jones".


'Pure devil'

Jones, dubbed the "Angel of Death" in US media, had
 already been sentenced for injecting and nearly killing
 a second child, shortly after the initial conviction.

But the former nurse, who worked in San Antonio 
and neighbouring Kerr County during the late 1970s
 and early 1980s, is still "suspected in dozens of infant
 deaths", according to district attorney Nico LaHood.

Mr LaHood announced the new charge against Jones
 - who he described as "pure evil" - two years after he set
 up a task force to look into the case and uncover new evidence.

He told a press conference he was confident they had a 
"good case" against Jones, who is currently incarcerated
 in a women's prison in Gatesville, Texas.

"Our office will attempt to account for every child whose
 life was stolen by the actions of Jones," he said in a statement. "Our only focus is justice.