Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away With Murder (54 page)

poison lab of,
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–4,
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,
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primary and secondary school education and activities of,
24
–25,
40
,
288

prison sentences of,
143
,
153
–55,
302
,
303

psychopathology of,
290
–95

religious views of,
274

Saudi Arabian job placement of,
286
,
302

scrapbooks kept by,
43
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46
–47,
93
–94,
104
,
132
,
154
,
156
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senior chemistry thesis of,
27

sexuality and violence as linked for,
95
–96

in South Africa,
286

SUNY–Stony Brook residence of,
206
–18,
300
,
306

suspicious deaths attributed to,
see
suspicious deaths talkativeness of,
16
,
228
,
252
,
265

in USD residency program,
175
–202,
206
,
300

violent death obsession of,
26
,
43
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–47,
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–96,
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–54,
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–69,
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–74,
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,
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,
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in Virginia,
155
–78

warrant issued for arrest of,
224
,
286

writing activities of,
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,
274

in Zambia,
285
–86,
302

in Zimbabwe,
13
–19,
225
–84,
302
,
306

Swango, Muriel Strubhart (mother),
28
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52
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90
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96
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114
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228
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292

as Alzheimer’s victim,
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,
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death of,
308

as emotionally distant,
38
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43
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45
,
291

marriage of John V. Swango and,
36
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38
–39,
40
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42
–43,
45
–46

marriage of Kerkering and,
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37
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38

Michael as favored son of,
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–36,
43
–44,
291
–92

and Michael’s SIU graduation day,
53
–55

as mother,
37
–38,
43
–44,
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,
46

musical interests of,
24
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25

paramedics poisoning case and,
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–5,
130
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134
–35,
137
,
138
–39,
140
,
176

Swango, Robert (uncle),
38

Swango fraud case,
286
–87,
301
–3,
307

evidence in,
301
–2,
304

government’s case strengthened in,
301
–2

sentencing in,
302
–3

“Swangoing,”
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,
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Swango investigations, at Ohio State University (OSU) Hospitals:

liability concerns in,
74
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107

media coverage of,
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–18,
119
–20,
121
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141
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144
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152
,
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–64

OSU police department vs. OSU Hospitals in,
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–8,
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–14,
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–17,
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–25,
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–53,
237
,
310

public relations concerns in,
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,
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,
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,
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–21,
126

see also
Cooper incident, OSU Hospitals inquiry into; Meeks inquiry; Ohio State University Hospitals, suspicious deaths investigation at

Swango murder investigation,
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–8

murder difficult to prove in,
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–8

physical evidence sought in,
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–4,
307
–8

Swango poisoning case,
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–144,
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–73,
183
–84,
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,
287

arraignment in,
114

attendees at,
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–31

evidence in,
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–33,
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–54

media coverage of,
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115
–21,
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–54,
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–85,
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–89,
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OSU response to Quincy police in background check for,
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–8,
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–14,
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–17,
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–25,
139

OSU Hospitals public relations and legal concerns in,
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,
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,
109
,
113
,
116
–21,
126

and public revelation of Cooper incident,
116
,
117
–19

and residency suspensions,
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,
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–202,
217
–18

sentencing in,
139
–42

Swango as practicing physician during,
114
–15,
141
–42

and Swango’s false statements on medical school applications,
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–73,
205
–6,
221
,
224

Swango’s presentencing statement in,
142

Swango’s testimony in,
133
–34

verdict in,
135
–37

victims in,
97
–105,
131
–33

witnesses in,
132
–34

Sweeney, Kevin,
24
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31
–32,
33
,
48

Talley, Robert,
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–83,
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–88,
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312

Tamburo, Carol,
208

Terro ant poison,
101
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104
,
133

Texas Christian University,
40

Thomas, Timothy,
115
,
118

Time
,
252

Todd, Judith,
272
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279

toxicology,
29
,
50

Twelve Angry Men
,
252

20/20
,
153
–54,
183
–84,
305

Tzagournis, Manuel,
88
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and Cooper incident,
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–17,
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–21

eminence of,
71

Meeks inquiry and,
126
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130

United Bulawayo Hospitals,
226

University Teaching Hospital (Lusaka, Zambia),
285
–86

Unmisig, Brent,
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95
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97
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98
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101
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132

poisoning of,
98
–99,
100
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131
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133
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135

Utz, Iwonia,
65
–67,
73
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as witness to Cooper’s paralyzing injection,
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–67,
75
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76
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82
,
127
–28,
145
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147
,
314

Vahle, Chet,
131
–32,
136
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141
–42

Valery, Thomas,
218

Vann, John Paul,
41

Vara, Thomas,
85
–86

Veterans Administration hospital (Cincinnati),
296
,
297

Viet Cong,
41

Vietnam War:

John V. Swango in,
36
,
37
,
40
,
41
–43,
45
,
46
,
142
,
190
–91,
291

media coverage of,
41

“pacification” projects in,
41
–42

protest against,
21
,
24
,
42
,
44
–45,
46

veterans of,
36
,
40
,
45
–46,
139
,
190
–91

Vogt, Bruce,
174
,
175
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188

Wacaser, Lyle,
32
–33,
47
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48
,
50

Waco massacre,
201
–2

Walden, Scott,
159
–60

Walls, Effie,
33

Walter, Rein,
70
,
72
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76
,
79
,
116
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146
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149

Warner, Charlotte,
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–85,
146
–47,
149
–50

Washington Post
,
167

Watson, Nancy,
182
,
287

Waxman, Henry,
166
–67

Weaver, Diann,
226

Webb, Gary,
116
,
117
,
163
–64

Whitcomb, Michael,
75
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78
,
80
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81
,
88
–89,
107
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309
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313

Meeks inquiry and,
126

and OSU Hospitals Cooper inquiry,
81
–83,
88
,
111
–12,
113
,
121
,
126
,
146
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147
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148
–49,
150
,
309

William and Mary, College of,
221

Wipf, Linda,
185
,
193
,
201

Wolfe, John W.,
71
,
118

women’s rights, Swango on,
269

World Apart, A
,
15

Wyden, Ron,
165
–68,
298

Zambia,
285
–86

Ministry of Health of,
302

Zawodniak, Mark,
31
–34

Zhou, Margaret,
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245
,
246
,
307

Zimbabwe:

antiwhite discrimination in,
244
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245
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246
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250
,
263
,
267

centralized medical system of,
237

civil war in,
14
,
15

HIV rate in,
14

Ministry of Health of,
237
,
249
,
256
,
273
,
280
,
302

postindependence problems of,
14
,
15

Zimbabwe Health Professions Council,
302

Zshiri, Christopher,
16
–17,
225
–26,
230
–42

and Mnene suspicious deaths investigation,
236
–41,
247
–48

resignation of,
242

Zvishavane, Zimbabwe,
237