Investigators from Woodstock Police Service, London Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Oxford and Brant County detachments have laid six additional charges against a Woodstock resident in relation to persons in her care.
An initial investigation relating to patients from long term care facilities in London and Woodstock and Paris, Ontario began in September 2016, under the direction of multi-jurisdictional Major Case Manager Detective Inspector Rob HAGERMAN of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB). As a result of the investigation, on October 25 of 2016, investigators charged 49-year-old Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer of Woodstock Ontario, with eight counts of First Degree Murder.
Following further investigation, Wettlaufer has been charged with four counts of Attempt Murder and two counts of Aggravated Assault. The accused will appear to answer these charges at Ontario Court of Justice in Woodstock on January 13, 2017.
The names of the victims, their ages, the associated criminal charge laid, their respective places of residence, and the time frame for when the alleged offence occurred are as follows:
Caressant Care – Woodstock, Ontario
(Name, Age, Offence, Time Frame)
Clotilde Adriano, 87, Aggravated Assault, June-December, 2007
Albina Demedeiros, 90, Aggravated Assault, June-December, 2007
Wayne Hedges, 57, Attempt Murder, September-December, 2008
Michael Priddle, 63, Attempt Murder, January 2008- December 2009
Telfer Place – Brant County, Ontario
Sandra Towler, 77, Attempt Murder, September, 2015
Private Residence – Oxford County, Ontario
Beverly Bertram, 68, Attempt Murder, August 2016
Four of the six victims (Adriano, Demedeiros, Hedges and Priddle) have since died, although their confirmed causes of death are not attributed to the accused.
Anyone with further information about this case is encouraged to contact the Woodstock Police Service at 1-519-537-2323 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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