Nurse accused of killing eight seniors went to rehab twice: friend
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — Just a few weeks ago, Elizabeth Wettlaufer gave away her beloved dog, Nashville, a spry Jack Russell terrier.
Her friends thought the move odd, but they now wonder if the 49-year-old nurse knew what was coming.
On Tuesday, Wettlaufer was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of seniors in her care — seven of them at a nursing home just a 15-minute walk from her apartment in Woodstock, Ont.
As news broke about her charges, her friends gathered outside the apartment building, trying to piece it all together.