Name of Chosen Criminal:

Genene Jones(Baby Killer)

“They’re going to start thinking I’m the Death Nurse.”

Background:

Born in Texas on July 13, 1950 Given up for adoption at birth Adopted parents: Dick and Gladys Jones Dick was a gambler who got arrested when she was 10 Grew up unwanted and unloved Often pretended to be ill for attention She was bossy and lonely- very few friends Known for her lying and manipulation Her brother who she was close to died at age 14 (she was 16) Her father died of cancer a year later Started out as a beautician Later began nursing in 1977 Married a high school drop-out… she pretended to be pregnant so

he’d marry her Very promiscuous- cheated on husband Later claimed she was sexually abused as a child

Crimes Accused of Committing:CRIME DATE VICTIM(S) PUNISHMEN

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Murder in Kerr County

1984 Chelsea McClellan 99 years

Injury 1983 Several Children (unknown amount)

No specific sentence

Injury November 1984

14 week old boy Ronaldo Santos

60 years

Evidence Brought against Criminal:

All the children who were dying/ill were her patients Evidence shows she knew how to properly use lethal

(deadly) drugs Blood samples from children contained Heparin

(medicine used to treat and prevent blood clots, can be deadly if overdosed)

Jones was fired from her job on September 26, after "finding" a bottle of succinylincholine reported "lost" three weeks earlier, its plastic cap missing, the rubber top pocked with needle marks (succinylincholine is a medicine used to induce muscle relaxation and short-term paralysis).

Babies who were very sick became her patients and almost never got better. In fact, they got mysteriously worse and often died.

Sentence:

Sentenced to 99 years in prison with the possibility of parole in 2018

Serving time at Texas State prison

Theory that Explains Deviant Behavior:

Ritualism sociology theory because Genene Jones had a “normal” life and successful job. Like in this theory, Genene didn’t really have any goals in life but she still used legitimate means that someone would use. She was not killing these babies to make money or anything, she really had no obvious reason. It was just her “ritual”, so that’s why she falls under the ritual theory.

Theory that explains deviant behavior continued

Now obviously Genene Jones’s crimes can be explained though the story of her childhood. As stated in the biography section, Genene grew up unloved and unwanted. Her father and brother died at a young age, which had to have played a part in her future crimes of killing babies.

Cultural References:

Books:-”The Death Shift: The True Story of Nurse

Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders”

Movies:-American Serial Killers

Songs: -None