Donald Harvey

Donald Harvey (April 15, 1952 – March 30, 2017) was an American serial killer. He claimed to have murdered 87 people, though official estimates are that he has from 37 to 57 victims.

Donald Harvey
Background information
Born	(1952-04-15)April 15, 1952 Butler County, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 30, 2017(2017-03-30) (aged 64)[1] Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Penalty	28 consecutive life sentences plus $270,000 in fines
Killings
Number of victims	37–57; 87 claimed
Span of killings	1970–1987
Country	USA
State(s)	Kentucky, Ohio
Date apprehended	1987

Harvey said he started out killing to "ease the pain" of patients.^[2] As time progressed, he began to enjoy it more and more and became a self-described "angel of death". Harvey was serving 28 life sentences at the Toledo Correctional Institution in Toledo, Ohio, having pleaded guilty to murder charges to avoid the death penalty. His inmate number was A199449.^[3]

On March 28, 2017, authorities reported that Harvey had been found in his cell severely beaten. He died on March 30, 2017.^[4]

He was killed by James D Elliot.