20 years after spate of hospital deaths, ex-worker accused


              In this self portrait, Aprille Franco holds a photo of her grandmother, Fern Franco, when Fern Franco was young in this photo taken Tuesday, May 17, 2022. A prosecutor earlier this month charged Jennifer Anne Hall, with first-degree murder in Fern Franco's death. She was 75 when she died in 2002 while a patient at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri, where Hall worked as a respiratory therapist. Authorities say eight other suspicious deaths occurred around the same time as Franco's. (Aprille Franco via AP)
            
              FILE - This undated photo provided by the Johnson County (Kan.) Sheriff's Department shows Jennifer Hall. The former respiratory therapist who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a patient in Missouri 20 years ago has been arrested in northeastern Kansas, authorities said. Hall, was arrested in Johnson County, Kan., on Thursday, May 12, 2022, under the name Jennifer Semaboye, of Overland Park, Kan., the Livingston County Sheriff's Office said. (Johnson County Sheriff's Department via AP File)
20 years after spate of hospital deaths, ex-worker accused