Genene Anne Jones (born July 13, 1950) is an American serial killer, responsible for the deaths of up to 60 infants and children in her care as a licensed vocational nurse during the 1970s and 1980s.
[9] Because the hospital feared being sued, it simply asked all of its LVNs, including Jones, to resign and staffed the pediatric ICU exclusively with registered nurses.
The doctor in the office discovered two puncture marks in a bottle of succinylcholine (Suxamethonium chloride) in the drug storage, where only she and Jones had access.
Succinylcholine is a powerful short-acting paralytic that causes temporary paralysis of all skeletal muscles, as well as those that control breathing; the drug is used as a part of a general anesthetic.
[11] Contents of the apparently full bottle were later found to be Anectine (one trade name of succinylcholine chloride) but whose volume was five-sixth diluted with saline solution.
[18] Nico LaHood, Bexar County District Attorney, stated that additional charges could be filed in the deaths of other children.
[21] On January 16, 2020, Jones pleaded guilty to the murder of 11-month-old Joshua Sawyer on December 12, 1981, as part of a plea bargain in which four other charges were dropped.
Horror writer Stephen King has stated in interviews the antagonist of his standalone novel Misery, Annie Wilkes, takes inspiration in part from Jones.