Amy Loughren was friends with one of America’s most notorious serial killers.
'We knew what the other one was thinking, that’s how close we were’
“He was my partner. He was my work husband. He was my favourite team member. I was really upset. No one thought he was being fired because he was harming people.”When an investigator got in touch and showed her some incriminating evidence, she realised she didn’t know him as well as she’d thought.“He really took a leap of faith and gave me the Pyxis printouts.
His employment history was full of accusations of mishandling medication, harassment of colleagues and suspicious patient deaths in his care, as well as multiple sackings.“I had a complete paradigm shift where everything kind of went blank”, says Amy about the moment she realised what her friend had been doing. “My world just came down to a pinpoint and I blanked out. I just couldn't believe it. My heart was racing. I don't remember driving home that day.
“I didn't want that to affect my daughter, who would have her entire life pulled out from under her. We lived in a very small town, and you know how judgmental people can be. I said to my daughter: ‘We won't do this unless we can do this as a family. I'm not going to hurt you. I'll find a way to help without hurting us.’
I wanted those victims and the families that were robbed of the opportunity to get better to have a voice. “The detectives had already told him that there was a possibility that I was being implicated. When they had arrested him, he would not speak, and they were going to have to let him go.
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