Wettlaufer Confessed to 8 Murders — Then Asked to Go Home

On October 5, 2016, a registered nurse sat down with a detective in Woodstock, Ontario, and confessed to police. This video is the tape, what the overhead camera shows (we measured it), and what Ontario's official public inquiry says no one was in a position to see. Eight people died in her care. For nine years, no one suspected. The inquiry concluded the offences would not have been discovered without her confession. IN THIS VIDEO 0:00 The confession (cold open and what you are about to see) 1:10 The room, October 5, 2016 1:41 The nurse 2:11 The eight people 3:07 The door and the detective 4:24 Four handwritten pages 5:33 What the overhead camera shows (we measured it) 7:04 Her account 8:57 70 minutes in: the apology 10:27 What the official inquiry says nobody saw 12:10 The 91 recommendations 12:41 The sentence 13:04 In their own words 14:04 The last question IN MEMORY James Silcox, 84 · Maurice Granat, 84 · Gladys Millard, 87 · Helen Matheson, 95 · Mary Zurawinski, 96 · Helen Young, 90 · Maureen Pickering, 79 · Arpad Horvath, 75. HOW WE MEASURED THE DISTANCE We took 37 frames spread across the 2 hour 34 minute tape and, on each overhead frame, marked the centre of each person's head and measured the distance between them in pixels. The index uses the average of the first 35 minutes as 100. It is a hand measurement and approximate. It shows distance, not intent: the tape cannot tell us whether the detective's move was technique or simply two people sharing a page. SOURCES Public Inquiry into the Safety and Security of Residents in the Long-Term Care Homes System, Final Report, Volume 1 (Executive Summary and Consolidated Recommendations), released July 31, 2019. All report quotations are verbatim. Woodstock Police Service interview with Elizabeth Wettlaufer, October 5, 2016 (public recording). CBC News, "Remembering the eight seniors killed by Elizabeth Wettlaufer":    • Remembering the eight seniors killed by El...   CBC News and the fifth estate coverage of the case. Excerpts of publicly released recordings and news footage are used for commentary, analysis and education. Tell Tape reads the tape. Subscribe for the next case. #Wettlaufer #TrueCrime #InterrogationAnalysis