Criminal Name:Kristen Gilbert

Nickname:“The Angel of Death”

Quote:“I am in England and the food here is not to be tasted as much as just swallowed without grimacing.” - Gilbert

Back Ground InformationBorn on November 13th 1967 oldest of the 2 daughters.Raised in Massachusetts.Choric Lair.Fake suicide attempts.Was very controlling and would steal from friends.Graduated from high school at sixteen.Went to Greenfield Community College and got a degree in

nursing.She married Glenn Gilbert and had 2 kids with him.Very social at her job (VA hospital).Had a relationship with James G. Perrault (Co-worker) and

left her husband and 2 kids.While having the affair she tried to poison her husband

before Thanksgiving.

Crime Date Victim(s) Punishment

Vicious Threats Teen years Various Court

Bomb threat January 1998 James G. Perrault (target)

VA Hospital – Building one (place of employment)

15 months in federal prison

Murder (First and Second Degree)

1996 Henry Hudon, 35, Stanley Jagodowski, 66, Kenneth Cutting, 41, and Edward Skwira, 69

Life In Prison Without Parole

First degree murder: involves a premeditated killing. In other words, the killer made a plan to kill the victim and then carried that plan out.

Second degree murder: does not require premeditation, however.

Most Recent Crime (1996)The most recent crime was the murders in

the veterans hospital. First and Second degree murder.Was trying to impress a police officer at the

hospital with her nursing skills.

First degree murder: involves a premeditated killing. In other words, the killer made a plan to kill the victim and then carried that plan out.

Second degree murder: does not require premeditation, however.

Evidence Brought Against Criminal:Missing epinephrine.Kristen offered a vial of epinephrine to a

fellow nurse who suffered from asthma. Phone records of her admiring that she had

killed at least one person.Higher death rate tripled when she was

working.Three nurses reported the increase of deaths

related to heart attacks and the decrease of epinephrine.

Sentence: Gilbert was found guilty in federal court on

March 14th,2001 of first degree murder for 3 of the deaths. She was guilty of second degree murder for the fourth death and the attempt of two more lives.

By law she was to be put to death but because Massachusetts does not have the death sentence she was given life in prison without parole for at least 20 years.

Theory That Explains Her Deviant Behavior:Not deviant behavior

Kristen was raised in a good home. Her mother and father were both present as well as a younger sister. Kristen grew up fairly normally. When she got to her teen years she started casing trouble. Her family and friend were not sure where her compulsive lying was coming from.

Kristen graduated high school at the age of sixteen. By 1988 she had graduated from Greenfield Community College and was a registered nurse. In 1989 she got married to Glenn Gilbert and also received a position at the VA hospital. Shortly after the marriage they had two children.

Kristen's life was very normal up to this point other than the lying. She met a police officer (James G. Perrault) at the hospital and started having an affair with him. When he ended the relationship the death rate on Kristen's shifts tripled. Most of the deaths being from heart attacks.

Kristen lived a fairly normal life until she met James.

Cultural Reference Book: (June 1st, 2003)Perfect PoisonBy: M. William PhelpsTV Series (April 13th, 2011)Deadly IntentEpisode: The Lethal Injector