A look at some of the victims in connection with Heather Pressdee's murder, attempted homicide charges

Heather Pressdee faces two new counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted murder for overdosing patients with insulin.

The 41-year-old nurse from Harrison is accused of crimes at five nursing homes: Concordia at Rebecca Residence in West Deer; Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation (Guardian) in Lower Burrell; Quality Life Services – Chicora; Premier Armstrong Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Kittanning; and Sunnyview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Butler.

These people are among the patients who died or were hospitalized while under Pressdee’s care. All of the information is from a criminal complaint filed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office:

Concordia at Rebecca Residence

Pressdee worked at Concordia from October 2020 to April 2021. Investigators said she used a fake name and phone number, which belonged to a relative of hers, for a job reference.

An 89-year-old woman died there while under Pressdee’s care on Dec. 17, 2020. Records indicate that Pressdee provided care to the woman through the night before she died. Pressdee admitted to administering 60 units of short-acting insulin to the woman and then another 60 units before she died. The woman was not a diabetic.

A woman who answered the phone at Concordia declined to comment. Messages left for the spokesperson were not returned.

Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation (Guardian)

Pressdee worked at the facility as assistant director of nursing from April 2021 to February 2022. The facility’s regional director of operations told investigators that staff had concerns that Pressdee was killing residents. Co-workers began to question her actions after the death of a 92-year-old woman in December 2021.

• On Aug. 9, 2021, a 58-year-old woman died. She was not an insulin-dependent diabetic but was admitted to the hospital for low blood sugar after being found unresponsive. When she returned to Belair, she showed no signs of low blood sugar. She was found dead the next day.

Pressdee admitted to having given the patient 60 units of insulin within two hours of her death.

Pressdee told police that the patient “looked at her like an animal would, helpless and like she needed something.”

• On Sept. 28, 2021, a 68-year-old, nondiabetic woman died while under direct care of Pressdee, who told police she gave the patient 100 units of short-acting insulin because she was unable to breathe. The woman died three hours after the injection.

• On Nov. 16, 2021, a 79-year-old man died after receiving 100 units of insulin from Pressdee. The man was not diabetic.

• On Dec. 28, 2021, a 92-year-old, nondiabetic woman died only two days after an LPN documented her as “pleasant and oriented.” Pressdee, who assumed the patient’s care Dec. 27, admitted to giving the patient 60 units of insulin.

• On Feb. 24, 2022, an 88-year-old man suffered a hypoglycemic incident but did not die. He was sent to the hospital where a doctor concluded insulin was administered to the nondiabetic. Pressdee told police she gave the man 100 units of insulin. The man died several months later.

A message left at Belair requesting comment was not returned.

Quality of Life Services – Chicora

Pressdee worked as the assistant director of nursing from May 2022 to November that year and was promoted to interim director of nursing.

• On May, 20, 2022, an 83-year-old woman who was not a diabetic, was hospitalized for severe low blood sugar. The woman survived the incident. Pressdee admitted to investigators that she injected the woman with insulin.

• On Aug. 6, 2022, a 92-year-old man who was not diabetic died after receiving 60 units of insulin from Pressdee during a seizure.

• On Nov. 6, 2022, a 99-year-old, nondiabetic woman died after receiving 60 units of insulin from Pressdee.

Mary Susan Yurek, chief quality officer at Quality Life Services, said: “Along with numerous communities across the region, (the facility) shares in the horror and pain caused by the actions of Heather Pressdee as alleged by the PA Attorney General’s Office.

“We extend our heartfelt sympathy to all families impacted by these actions.”

Premier Armstrong Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

Pressdee worked for a month at Premier, from November to December 2022.

• On Dec. 18, 2022, a 90-year-old woman died. Pressdee noted the patient was having episodes of sleep apnea but did not alert doctors or provide intervention. Pressdee admitted giving 60 units of insulin to the patient before she died.

• On Dec. 27, 2022, an 85-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with sluggish speech and a high temperature, which is a symptom of hypoglycemia. Pressdee admitted giving the patient, who was not diabetic, 60 units of insulin on the day she was taken to the hospital. The woman survived.

Messages left at Premier requesting comment were not returned.

Sunnyview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

Pressdee was hired as the unit manager in January of this year and worked through May, when she was initially charged.

• On Jan. 21, 2023, an 80-year-old woman died after having been in Pressdee’s direct care. Pressdee gave the diabetic 60 units of insulin reportedly to keep the patient’s oxygen levels up.

• On March 21, 2023, a 104-year-old woman who was not diabetic died after other staff indicated that she was doing well and able to walk to the bathroom. Pressdee, according to co-workers, called the patient disgusting and asked, “When is she going to die already?”

Pressdee admitted giving the patient 60 units of insulin.

• On March 24, 2023, a 78-year-old woman died after suffering respiratory issues. Pressdee told police she gave the patient 60 units of insulin, and, when the patient did not die, she gave her another 60 units.

• The next day, on March 25, a 90-year-old man died under Pressdee’s direct care. Pressdee admitted giving him excess long-acting insulin, and, when that “did not work,” she gave two 10 milliliter flushes to the patient’s port in order to cause an embolism and lead to death.

• On April 17, 2023, an 82-year-old woman who was a noninsulin-dependent diabetic and suffering from cancer, was being discharged to die at home with her family.

A staffer told police that Pressdee said the patient “needed to die” and, on the morning of her death, administered insulin and then a syringe of air into the patient’s PICC line to create an embolism.

• On May 1, 2023, a 43-year-old man died. Pressdee admitted she gave the man more insulin than he should have received.

Messages and emails to Sunnyview requesting comment were not returned.