How Did Charles Cullen From Netflix's The Good Nurse Get Caught?
. In 2006, Cullen, nicknamed the "Angel of Death", was convicted of killing up to 29 patients while working as a nurse in medical facilities throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. However, it is speculated that he may have been responsible for hundreds of other deaths.
In order to finally catch the serial killer, Detectives Tim Braun and Danny Baldwin recruited Cullen's close friend and then-co-worker Amy Loughren to help secure more evidence of Cullen's involvement in the sudden increase of suspicious deaths at Somerset Medical Center in 2003.
Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest began interviewing witnesses and checking hospital records. According to, hospital officials "combed through Mr. Cullen's personnel file" and discovered that Cullen had lied on his job application. He was fired that Halloween. Detective Braun also discovered that Cullen was previously charged with trespassing in Palmer, Pennsylvania, and reached out to Palmer officials for more information about the case.
Detectives Braun and Baldwin showed the evidence to Amy Loughren, a close friend and coworker of Cullen's at Somerset Medical Center. She confirmed that the drug wasn't an essential medication commonly used on their unit. Loughren, a single mother with a, launched her own investigation in a hospital computer system that revealed Cullen accessed the records of patients he wasn't assigned. Both Somerset detectives asked Loughren to wear a wire to get Cullen to confess to his crimes.
Cullen later admitted to killing as many as 40 patients. To avoid the death penalty, he pleaded guilty to the murder of 29 patients and was sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms. Cullen is currently an inmate in protective custody at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton.Jasmine Washington is an Assistant Editor at Seventeen, where she covers celebrity news, beauty, lifestyle, and more.
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