Ohio doctor charged with killing 25 patients is freed on $1M bond

Dr William Husel was indicted for 25 counts of murder by a grand jury in Columbus, Ohio A critical care doctor charged with murder in 25 patient deaths has been released from jail on bond after two days. Former Mount Carmel Dr. William Husel arrives at the downtown Columbus Division of Police headquarters where he was charged with 25 counts of murder on Wednesday Husel pleaded guilty to improperly storing a destructive device or pipe bomb at Wheeling Jesuit College in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1996. PATIENTS DIE IN DR. HUSEL'S CARE DURING 4 YEARS AT MOUNT CARMEL WEST September 2013 - Dr. Husel gets credentials to work at Mount Carmel September 2014 - Patient suspected of receiving excessive dose of fentanyl dies at Mount Carmel West March 2015 - Patient Jan Thomas dies three days after arriving at Mount Carmel West. She received a lethal fentanyl dose after being removed from ventilator May - Auxiliary nun Joanne Bellisari dies after 1,000 microgram fentanyl IV May 7 - Virginia Brokamp dies October 9, 2017 - Timothy Fitzpatrick, Peggy Francies and Beverlee Schirtzinger die December 10 - Larry Brigner dies after 500 micrograms of fentanyl December 11 - Now six patients have died since October 9 January 14, 2018 - Brandy McDonald dies April 1, 2018 – Jeremia 'Sue' Hodge dies after excess of 500 micrograms of fentanyl May 18 - Jim Allen dies after 1,000 micrograms of fentanyl July 15 – Troy Allison dies after 1,000 micrograms of fentanyl September 30 – Bonnie Austin dies after 600 micrograms of fentanyl October 24 - Nick Timmons dies after 1,000 micrograms of fentanyl October 25 – Mount Carmel West receives a 'formal report' about Dr. Husel November 20 - Melissa Penix dies November 21 – Dr. Husel is removed from patient care after three die in less than a month November 26 - Dr Husel is credentialed again and reappointed December 5 - The doctor is fired Fentanyl is a powerful opioid pain medication nearly 100 times stronger than morphine. Nineteen of the patients allegedly killed by Husel are pictured above: Bonnie Austin, Jan Thomas, Janet Kavanaugh, Jim Allen, James Nickolas Timmons, Tim Fitzpatrick, Corrinia Blake, Rebecca Walls, Saunders Young Jr, Joanne Bellisari, Sue Hodge, Norma Welch, Thelma Kyer, Robert Lee, Donald McCluno, Beverlee Schirtzinger, Larry Brigner and Melissa Penix Following his arrest, it emerged that Husel detonated a pipe bomb in a trash can while at college.