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Aka: The Skin Hunters, this name was given to a group of four hospital workers from the Polish city of Łódź, a former industrial city that remains one of the most populated in the country. These four employees killed at least 19 people for profit in a modern version of the old bodysnatcher stories.
They would kill elderly patients and then inform local funeral homes of the death, allowing them to contact the family before any other funeral home could and forcing them to pay for this crucial information. The bribes paid by the funeral homes were actually added to the funeral invoices, which meant that the families were forced to unwittingly fund a black market murder ring that had taken the life of their loved one.
The four employees were arrested in 2007. It was discovered that they had been using an overdose of a strong muscle relaxant to kill their elderly victims and while they were only ever convicted of killing 5-19 patients there are suggestions that the actual number of victims may have been much higher. One of the Skin Hunters, a paramedic by the name of Andrzej Nowocień, is said to have told a prison cellmate that he had killed in excess of 50 people during this callous crime spree.
Paramedic Andrzej Nowocień received life imprisonment for his role, Karol Banas for his role in killing patients admitted to the emergency medical ward, the two other named perpetrators, Janusz Kuklinski was sentenced to 6 years for knowingly failing to protect the lives of ten patients, and Pawel Wasilewski was given a 5-year sentence after being convicted of the same charge. They were all also charged taking money from undertakers in exchange for information about new deaths.
Prosecutors years after the fact continued trying to establish the roles played by dozens of other doctors, funeral parlors such as one owned by Witold skrzydlewski, and other paramedics. Only a handful of victims have been identified publicly.
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They would kill elderly patients and then inform local funeral homes of the death, allowing them to contact the family before any other funeral home could and forcing them to pay for this crucial information. The bribes paid by the funeral homes were actually added to the funeral invoices, which meant that the families were forced to unwittingly fund a black market murder ring that had taken the life of their loved one.
The four employees were arrested in 2007. It was discovered that they had been using an overdose of a strong muscle relaxant to kill their elderly victims and while they were only ever convicted of killing 5-19 patients there are suggestions that the actual number of victims may have been much higher. One of the Skin Hunters, a paramedic by the name of Andrzej Nowocień, is said to have told a prison cellmate that he had killed in excess of 50 people during this callous crime spree.
Paramedic Andrzej Nowocień received life imprisonment for his role, Karol Banas for his role in killing patients admitted to the emergency medical ward, the two other named perpetrators, Janusz Kuklinski was sentenced to 6 years for knowingly failing to protect the lives of ten patients, and Pawel Wasilewski was given a 5-year sentence after being convicted of the same charge. They were all also charged taking money from undertakers in exchange for information about new deaths.
Prosecutors years after the fact continued trying to establish the roles played by dozens of other doctors, funeral parlors such as one owned by Witold skrzydlewski, and other paramedics. Only a handful of victims have been identified publicly.
Poland's Cash-For-Corpses Scandal
Ambulance Crew. Doctors Allegedly Killed Patients, Delivered To Funeral Homes
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