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A 28-year-old nurse for children is suspected of killing eight babies and killing six others at the Chester Countess Hospital
Lucy Letby of Chester, would have been arrested by detectives investigating the suspicious death of up to 17 babies in the neonatal unit of the hospital between March 2015 and July 2016.
The Cheshire police would not confirm the name of the suspect, however Letby was identified by the neighbors in Chester on Tuesday. Cheshire police said the woman was arrested this morning and was taken into custody.
On Wednesday, investigators were seen working inside the Letby home about a kilometer from the hospital. A blue tent stays on the driveway, while neighboring properties on either side are still taped. Two police community support officers guarded the entrance to the property where Letby had lived for at least two years.
A neighboring couple, who did not want to be named, said they recognized the face of Letby in the newspaper and saw it in their quiet suburban street. Steve Doyle, of Ellesmere Port, said that he had seen Letby in the Countess of Chester's unit for women and children when his daughter was admitted to the hospital. "I distinctly remember her face and she was part of this unit, in room 30," he said. "We did not have the opportunity to talk to him but I recognized his face."
He added: "It's a shame, what happened to the Countess.I will not take our child back there.It's tragic.I feel so sorry for the parents.
Letby, a graduate of the University of Chester, reportedly worked at the hospital as a nurse since 2011, the year she graduated, and before as a nursing student during her three She was photographed smiling and waving a baby in the hospital's internal newsletter, Standard, in March 2013, in which she spoke about her role in the neonatal unit.
She says, "My role is to care for a wide range of babies requiring different levels of support.Some are here for a few days, others for several months, and I like to see them progress and support their families.
"I am currently in additional training to develop and improve my improve my knowledge and skills in the field of intensive care. She recently completed an internship at the Liverpool Women's Hospital.
She added that the expansion of her neonatal unit "would allow parents and siblings to enjoy a greater degree of intimacy and intimacy"
]. In the August 2015 hospital newsletter, Letby was photographed smiling to tell how the nurses had raised 1.5 million pounds and reached half of his 3-year supply. million pounds to build a new baby unit at the cutting edge of technology. The photo of Letby in her dress and graduation dress appeared in her local newspaper Hereford Times in December 2011, with a note from her parents: "We are so proud of you after all your hard work. Love Mum and Dad.
Plainclothes police were seen ransacking his parents' house, Susan, 58, and John, 73, in Herefordshire after his arrest Tuesday.
A neighbor who did not want to be named said, "Lucy is so dedicated to her job, I can not imagine at all … Lucy just spent a week in Torquay on vacation with her parents. 19659002] "I really can not believe it. I have lived here since birth, she was a good little girl. She was a delight. She is an only child and I believe that she got her job as a nurse from her studies at the University of Chester. His parents must go through hell.
"I am really close to them – I mean, we live together for one another when one of us goes away. . I hit earlier but I did not get an answer and that made me angry knowing that I can not help them. "
Another neighbor who wanted to be anonymous said," Lucy was just a quiet girl. Nothing strange about her – she was just a normal and charming girl. The family must be in pieces on top of that.
"It's really shocking." She was right here on Saturday, we saw her with her father and she seemed normal, I think her father was bringing her home because they had just returned from a holiday.
"We have known Lucy since she was three and she was adorable, she has always been, but it is really shocking. "
Police launched an investigation last May on the death of 15 babies and six non-fatal collapses at the Women and Children's Unit of Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016 The force said Tuesday that the investigation had expanded to cover the deaths of 17 babies and 15 non-fatal collapses between March 2015 and July 2016.
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