by Amanda Cassidy
27th Aug 2023
27th Aug 2023
Why and how anyone is capable of unthinkably heinous crimes is a fascination fuelling our obsession with true crime and detective dramas. Why 33-year-old neonatal nurse, Lucy Letby might kill the most vulnerable babies in her care is perplexing. Amanda Cassidy speaks to an LA-based Professor of Criminal Justice on what might have motivated the carer to do what she did.
Her victims were tiny children, boys and girls, many born prematurely. After she killed some of the babies at Countess of Chester Hospital, her trial heard how Lucy Letby searched for their families online, and even sent one set of parents a sympathy card on the day of their baby’s funeral. “There are no words to make this time any easier.” Letby wrote in the card, of which she took a picture before she sent...
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