Norwegian serial killer Arnfinn Nesset dies at 89

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Arnfinn Nesset, a Norwegian serial killer convicted of murdering 22 patients, has died at age 89. Nesset was sentenced in 1983 for using the muscle relaxant curacit to kill patients at a nursing home where he worked. He denied the killings and was released in 2004. A recent book and podcast have raised questions about the case, with some suggesting it may have been a miscarriage of justice.


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