
The Serial Homicide Case
of the Day, from
"Hunting Humans, the Encyclopedia of 20th Century Serial Killers"
, by
Michael Newton
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Swango, Michael
Rated a genius in high school, with a tested IQ of 160, Swango graduated first in his class and was named "High School Student of the Year" by the National Merit Scholarship organization in 1975. By 1983, he had finished medical school and was serving his internship at Ohio State University, in Columbus. At least seven persons died under his care in that year, and hospital administrators were disturbed by reports from nurses who saw Swango injecting unknown chemicals into patient IV tubes, shortly before deaths were reported. Another patient, I9-year-old Cindy McGee, was recovering nicely from an automobile accident when Swango dropped by "to take blood samples," but she suffered a sudden, inexplicable relapse, and was soon pronounced dead. A survivor, rescued from the brink of death, told nurses, "A blond doctor put something in my IV and everything went black." Intimidated by the prospect of lawsuits if Swango was dismissed, Ohio State administrators let him finish out the year, but he was not invited back to serve the normal five-year residency term. He was recommended for licensing as a physician, however, and moved on to Quincy, Illinois, where he joined the staff of Blessing Hospital, working around the emergency ward. In short order, paramedics at Blessing began suffering attacks of violent nausea, invariably following a gift of snacks or beverages from smiling Dr. Swango. Suspicious, they placed Swango under unofficial surveillance, and one paramedic soon found quantities of ant poison in the doctor's gym bag. Police were notified, and Swango was charged with assault, a search of his home turning up stockpiles of acid, chemicals, and poisons, in addition to handwritten poison "recipes" and numerous items of occult paraphernalia. As the investigation proceeded, authorities began exhuming Swango's unfortunate Ohio patients. At least one, Ricky DeLong, had apparently been suffocated, though Swango signed his death certificate with a notation of "natural causes." Convicted of assault in Quincy, during 1985, Swango was sentenced to five years in prison. No murder charges have yet been filed in Ohio, but on February 12, 1986 -- nearly a year after his conviction -- Swango's license to practice medicine in that state was revoked. He has been released from prison and remains eligible to practice in Illinois. This
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