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Philadelphia infant murderer who was serving a life sentence for his numerous crimes is no longer serving time. Kermit Gosnell is dead at the age of 85.
Gosnell was convicted in 2013 of murdering three babies born alive at his filthy clinic in West Philly and was serving many life sentences which he finally used up.
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson Maria Bivens said Gosnell passed away on March 1st in a hospital outside the prison system. He had been incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution-Smithfield, roughly 60 miles south of Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson Maria Bivens said Gosnell passed away on March 1st in a hospital outside the prison system. He had been incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution-Smithfield, roughly 60 miles south of Pittsburgh.
A cause of death was not disclosed but he is now as dead as the babies he killed in the past.
The now deceased convicted infant killer's clinic had been known as the "house of horrors." The employees at the now defunct clinic testified that Gosnell frequently performed illegal abortions beyond the 24-week limit and he even killed babies who were born and still moving, crying or breathing, and that his assistants killed the newborns by "snipping" their spines, as he called it.
Beyond simple murder of at least three infants, Gosnell was also convicted of running a prescription pill operation out of the house of horrors.
"Gosnell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone, alprazolam, and codeine; distribution and aiding and abetting the distribution of oxycodone; and maintaining a place for the illegal distribution of controlled substances," the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said in July 2013.
"Gosnell went from writing several hundred prescriptions for controlled substances per month filled at pharmacies in 2008 to over 2,300 filled at pharmacies in January of 2010," it added. "Gosnell charged from $115.00 to $150.00, with a follow up visit fee of $50.00 and a $20 fee for refills of controlled substances for cash paying customers."
Conditions at his clinic became known during a 2010 investigation of prescription drug trafficking.
When investigators initially went to the clinic, they discovered a foul-smelling place with bottles and bags of fetuses, jars of body parts, bloodstained furniture and medical equipment that looked like it fell into a cesspool.
Gosnell did not testify at his 2013 trial, but his defense attorney argued that none of the fetuses were born alive and that any movements were posthumous twitching or spasms, according to the AP.
"Gosnell went from writing several hundred prescriptions for controlled substances per month filled at pharmacies in 2008 to over 2,300 filled at pharmacies in January of 2010," it added. "Gosnell charged from $115.00 to $150.00, with a follow up visit fee of $50.00 and a $20 fee for refills of controlled substances for cash paying customers."
Conditions at his clinic became known during a 2010 investigation of prescription drug trafficking.
When investigators initially went to the clinic, they discovered a foul-smelling place with bottles and bags of fetuses, jars of body parts, bloodstained furniture and medical equipment that looked like it fell into a cesspool.
Gosnell did not testify at his 2013 trial, but his defense attorney argued that none of the fetuses were born alive and that any movements were posthumous twitching or spasms, according to the AP.
Well now he's gone but his memory lingers on. At least he won't be meeting any of his victims in heaven because that isn't where I believe he's going.
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