Texas doctor accused of injecting poison into patient’s IV bags
A Texas anesthesiologist allegedly injected poison into IV bags, causing the death of a fellow physician and cardiac emergencies in 11 other patients at a Dallas facility in retaliation for an investigation of misconduct.
Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 59, was caught on surveillance footage handling saline bags in a warming refrigerator outside an operating room.
Federal prosecutors described Ortiz as a “medical terrorist” who used heart-stopping drugs to turn IV bags into “poison bombs that exploded on unsuspecting patients,” FOX4 Dallas-Fort Worth reported.
He was arrested on September 15, a week after his medical license was taken away.
DALLAS DOCTOR NAMED ‘MEDICAL TERRORIST’ AFTER BEING CAUGHT HANDLING IV BAGS
Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. is accused of killing a colleague and sickening 11 patients by injecting poison into their IV bags. He is shown in a screenshot of surveillance footage opening the warming refrigerator where the IV bags are stored.
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Investigators said he was angered by a malpractice investigation into a May 2022 incident, when one of his anesthesia patients stopped breathing during a routine procedure.
Two days later, patients of other doctors began suffering unexplained heart abnormalities during routine surgeries, according to the federal complaint.
His attorney, John Nicholson, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Florida father executed in front of his young son
Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, 33, was mysteriously shot to death on February 16 in front of his 2-year-old daughter in North Florida after dropping off his twins at the home of his ex-wife Shanna Gardner-Fernandez.
The doting father had just taken the twins and their daughter Bexley, whom he shares with his second wife, Kirsten Bridegan, to dinner.
A family portrait of Jared and Kirsten Bridegan.
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With Bexley strapped into her car seat, Bridegan was driving to St. Augustine from her ex’s home in a posh Jacksonville suburb where she ran into a flat tire in the road and pulled over, according to police.
As he got out of his black Volkswagen Atlas, an unknown assailant mercilessly shot Bridegan in front of the terrified boy and fled.
FORMER FLORIDA WIFE OF ALLEGEDLY MURDERED MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE WANTED TO SHUT HIM UP: ‘TATTOO STAFF’
Bexley stayed in the car for a full three minutes near her father’s lifeless body before a passerby stumbled upon the disturbing scene, police said.
Kirsten Bridegan, 30, was at home with the couple’s 7-month-old daughter, London, awaiting her return.
Kirsten and Jared Bridegan with their daughter London, left, next to a photo of Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife, Shanna Gardner-Fernandez.
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In the aftermath of the murder, details emerged of the slain father’s acrimonious separation from his ex-wife in 2015 and near-constant custody litigation over their children.
Gardner-Fernandez, whose family founded the successful StampinUp! papercraft company, and her new husband, Mario Fernandez, hired prominent criminal defense attorney Henry Coxe III shortly after the murder. She did not respond to a request for comment.
FLORIDA FORMER WIFE OF MURDERED MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE HIRES CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER
The shocking murder remains unsolved and the Jacksonville Beach Police Department has not publicly named any suspects.
NYC Handyman massacred mom, stuffed body in a bag
Mother of two Orsolya Gaal, 51, was stabbed more than 50 times in the basement of her $2 million New York City home on April 16 while her 13-year-old son slept upstairs.
His dismembered body was found stuffed in a bag and dumped in a nearby park, with a trail of blood leading to the crime scene. Her husband and her eldest son were out of town touring colleges at the time.
David Bonola has pleaded guilty to stabbing married mother Orsolya Gaal more than 50 times after she ended their relationship.
(WNYW, inset: Orsolya Gaal/Facebook)
Five days after the grisly discovery, police arrested Gaal’s 44-year-old housewife David Bonola, who was in the country illegally.
ORSOLYA GAAL, NEW YORK MOM MURDERED: NYC POI ARRESTS 44-YEAR-OLD DAVID BONOLA IN HORRIBLE QUEENS MURDER
Bonola was captured in lurid surveillance footage carrying his lover’s remains in the hockey bag that belonged to one of his sons before dumping the remains in a wooded area of the park.
Orsolya Gaal was stabbed to death by her lover David Bonola in the basement of her home, while her 13-year-old son slept upstairs.
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It soon emerged that the couple had been having an affair for about two years and had argued on the morning of the murder because he believed she had transmitted HIV to him, Bonola told police, according to court records.
Bonola pleaded guilty in November to first-degree manslaughter in exchange for 25 years in prison.
love triangle murder
Yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong was accused of fatally shooting her romantic rival and professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson on May 11 in Austin, Texas.
Armstrong’s then-boyfriend, Colin Strickland, also a professional cyclist, had reportedly dated 25-year-old Wilson, who was in town for a competition.
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, right, is charged with the murder of Moriah “Mo” Wilson on May 11.
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The afternoon before the murder, Wilson went swimming and had dinner at Pool Burger with Strickland.
Moments after he dropped her off at an apartment where he was staying, an SUV matching Armstrong’s was seen on surveillance outside the home, police said.
KAITLIN ARMSTRONG MANHUNT: TEXAS LOVE TRIANGLE MURDER SUSPECT CAPTURED ON COSTA RICA BEACH, SHERIFF ANNOUNCES
Cops questioned Armstrong on May 12 and released her. She then went to New York City and disappeared.
Colin Strickland seen outside his home in Austin, Texas on June 17, 2022.
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After leading authorities on a 43-day manhunt, Armstrong was finally captured in Costa Rica in July and extradited to the United States, where she is awaiting trial.
Armstrong’s defense attorney, Rick Cofer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Idaho murders
University of Idaho students Kaylee Gonclaves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were found stabbed to death in the early hours of November 13 inside a rental home near campus.
Police have yet to name a suspect in the Nov. 13 slayings of four University of Idaho students.
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The victims were likely ambushed in their sleep, and each was stabbed multiple times between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m., on the second and third floors, according to police.
Two roommates on the first floor slept through the attack. Authorities have described the killings as a “targeted attack.”
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS KILLED: A TIMELINE OF EVENTS
The Moscow Police Department, in collaboration with the Idaho State Police and the FBI, has not identified a suspect or recovered the large fixed-blade knife they believe was used in the gruesome murders that have deeply shaken the small college town. of 25,000 inhabitants.
Victims of the November 13 massacre at the University of Idaho.
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Police are looking for a white 2011 to 2013 Hyundai that was near the crime scene the morning of the murders.
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Anyone with information is urged to contact Moscow police at 208-883-7054 or email tipline@ci.moscow.id.us.
