Michael Swanson was a teenager who killed two convenience storekeepers in the year 2010. However, when he attempted to join the American Medical Association (AMA), it conducted a more thorough background check than Sanford and found out about the poisoning conviction. Wherever he went, death followed. Guzman was ordered to pay $12.6 billion in forfeiture. Swango, born in the state of Washington and raised in Illinois, was considered a bright upcoming student before attending the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. A nurse would later tell police she saw Swango injecting an unknown substance into a patients IV right before they stopped breathing, according to theLos Angeles Times. Swangos past becomes known. His death would be ruled a homicide, and his family sued Swango in 1986, believing him to be the murderer, according toUPI. 10 Inescapable Prisons People Somehow Escaped From, Like every other medical professional, Dr. Michael Swango swore an oath to do no harm. Swango dropped out of sight until mid-1994, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found out he was living in Atlanta and working as a chemist at a computer equipment company's wastewater facility. Kaczynski participated in a brutal psychological study that involved over 200 hours of verbal abuse and humiliating personal attacks, which was possibly part of CIA-led attempts at mind-control through project MKUltra. Michael Swango, former physician who authorities say poisoned patients from Ohio to Zimbabwe but continued to find medical jobs, will plead guilty in federal court to charges that he killed three . Oct.2000: Swango pleads guilty in Columbus to the 1984 slaying of 19-year-old Cynthia McGee, a Dublin native who died at University Hospital while recovering from an automobile accident. Unmisig and John Landis were struck by his charisma. [11], Since the latest Swango incident took place at a Veterans Affairs facility, federal authorities got involved. March1992: Secures a residency at a university hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, using forged documents. Please enable javascript and refresh the page to continue reading local news. "If I could see him today? State Rep. Dobos called himself MIT grad for decades. From his earliest days working as a volunteer ambulance driver during his undergraduate years, patients seemed to die around Swango at a higher than normal rate. He returned to the U.K. to receive treatment, before leaving again to fight with the Bosnians during the Bosnia-Serbia conflict. It takes the work of law enforcement officials acting on those suspicions. His most notorious attack was when he planted three pipe bombs filled with nails in the main square of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, killing 44-year-old Alice Hawthorne, causing a fatal heart attack for 40-year-old Melih Uzunyol, and injuring over a hundred others. 2 Joaqun Guzmn: "El Chapo". How could this guy have passed background investigations and have a position to treat our nations heroes? While Swango eventually pleaded guilty to just four murders, his victim countmay be as high as 60. When they came back, the tea was sweet, and it later tested positive for arsenic, according to the Los Angeles Times. One nurse caught him injecting some "medicine" into a patient who later became strangely ill.[1], The nurses reported their concerns to administrators but were met with accusations of paranoia. Sept.2000: Swango pleads guilty to the three New York slayings and is sentenced to three life sentences without parole. Michael Swango will celebrate 69rd birthday on a Saturday 21st of October 2023. He is thankful for the help his colleagues provided as they studied the case. Most states will not grant a medical license to a violent felon, considering such a conviction to be evidence of unprofessional conduct. Swanson went to rob a store and in the process, he had to kill the storekeepers. March1984: Ohio State recommends Swango for medical licensure. No one has ever escaped from ADX Florence, where he is now serving two life sentences. [18], According to Theodore Ted Kaczynskis parents, he started life as a normal baby, but as a young child he was forced to spend a long period of time in isolation in the hospital and he emerged a different kid, one who showed little emotion. He moved on to Ohio State University Medical Center, where more serious concerns were raised by staff. In 1985, it's where a judge sentenced him to five years in prison. He murdered a number of our nations heroes in Veterans hospitals. It takes medical examiners to help prove the causes of deaths that at first blush may seem unremarkable. Detective's daughter became pen pals with serial killer Michael Swango Thu, 20 Nov 2014 05:24:34 GMT Note: this is the conclusion to a three-part KHQA special report. He was a gifted medical student and doctor and a former Marine. And he was not what Sackman was expecting. Before police could conduct a full investigation into the suspicious deaths at the Northport VA Hospital, Swango fled the country to Zimbabwe. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! He completes his internship but is not invited to stay on for a neurosurgery residency. [16] On September 6, he pleaded guilty to the three murder counts, as well as counts of wire fraud and mail fraud, before Judge Jacob Mishler. Hes really smart.. Accepted into the neurosurgery program at Ohio State University Medical Center. Michael Swango was born at Fort Lewis, Washington, in 1954. Although his first trial ended in a hung jury, his second trial ended with him being sentenced to sixty years in prison, where he remains to this day. ADX Florence federal prison However, his work had been so slovenly that OSU pulled its residency offer after his internship ended in June. This story is from the April 2022 issue ofColumbus Monthly. I'm not a big Dirty Harry kind of guy, but I like the work. Four months later, Kinney died by suicide, and arsenic was found in her body at the time of her death. Virgil Swango was Michael's father. Medical credentialing is 100 times more restrictive now than it was back then. Can you imagine? Sackman said. But as the pressure increased from Sackman, cracks began showing in Swangos facade. Michael Swango, seen here preparing for his 1985 trial in Quincy, would end up in a place unlike any other. In 1987, he stole 30 million pesos from a bank that he was working at, as well as records he would later use to extort and kidnap landowners, and he escaped into the wilderness to join FARC. Some of his fellow students had suspected he had been faking checkups as early as his second year, but this was the first time he had been caught red-handed.
