William George Davis

{{Short description|American serial killer}}

{{About|the American serial killer|the Confederate general|William G. M. Davis}}

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| locations = Tyler, Texas

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| victims = 4–7 killed; 5 attempted

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| name = William George Davis

| birth_place = Longview, Texas, U.S.

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William George Davis (born February 3, 1984) is an American serial killer and former nurse. He was convicted of capital murder for killing four patients with air injections after they received heart surgery at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-19 |title=Texas nurse convicted of killing 4 men with air injections |url=https://apnews.com/article/health-texas-sentencing-tyler-eb1f208dfe3b3b3e2e89b6d463eb1051 |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}} Prosecutors claimed that Davis had at least 11 victims in total, of whom seven died. Charges were only brought against Davis for four deaths due to the difficulty in proving the others.{{Cite news |last=Vigdor |first=Neil |date=2021-10-28 |title=Texas Nurse Sentenced to Death for Fatally Injecting 4 Heart Patients With Air |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/us/texas-nurse-death-penalty.html |access-date=2022-05-10 |issn=0362-4331}}