Northhampton Veterans Affair Medical Center
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Kristen lived in Massachusetts her whole life. She graduated 1.5 years early from high school with high honors. Her grades in school were very good and her IQ was high. At first, she attended Bridgewater State College and then transferred to Wachusett Community College and then to Greenfield Community college- all in Massachusetts. She received a college diploma in nursing.
In 1988, she married her husband, Glenn Gilbert. She reportedly chased him around the kitchen with a butcher’s knife after an argument. In 1991, she gave birth to their first son, Brian. In 1993, she gave birth to her second son, Raymond. Gilbert began having an affair with a security guard, Jason Perrault, at the hospital she was working at and her marriage with Glenn began falling apart. She left her husband for Jason and moved in with him. Jason eventually broke up with her and testified against her. In 1987, she worked as a health aide at the Visiting Nurse Association of Franklin County. There she scalded a mentally retarded child using bathwater- leaving burns on 60% of his body, but was never prosecuted. In 1989, she became a nurse at Leeds Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Massachusetts. An unusual amount of deaths occurred in the ward Gilbert was working in- all during her shift. She tripled the rate of death over the last three years. However, during incidents of cardiac arrest, she demonstrated her calm and competent nursing skills which won the admiration of her fellow workers. She was given the nickname “Angel of Death” because so many patients died under her care. |
ANGEL OF DEATH