Genene Jones
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| Genene Jones | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name: | Genene Jones |
| Born: | July 13, 1950 Texas |
| Penalty: | 99 years with triple credit; mandatory parole in 2017 |
| Killings | |
| Number of victims: | one confirmed; believed to be up to 50 |
| Span of killings: | 1971 through 1984 |
| Country: | U.S. |
| State(s): | Texas |
| Date apprehended: | 1984 |
Genene Jones (born July 13, 1950) was a pediatric nurse who worked in several medical clinics around San Antonio, Texas, and is thought to have killed somewhere between 11 and 46 infants and children who were in her care (around 1980-1982). She used injections of heparin and later succinylcholine to kill the babies. Novel succinylcholine detection methods were used to prove her guilt.
An accurate number may never be known, in part because after her conviction on one count of murder and one count of attempted murder, hospital officials throughout Texas shredded records of her employment and activities, preventing further trials and embarrassment.
In 1985 Jones was charged with two crimes and sentenced to 99 years in prison. However, she will serve only one-third of her sentence because of a law in place at the time to deal with prison overcrowding. Jones will receive automatic parole in 2017, much to the protest of the family of Chelsea McClellan, the child Jones was convicted of murdering.
Jones is eligible for parole every two to three years, having been denied six times so far.
