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Ex-nurse pleads guilty to killing 6 more patients; total stands at 23.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)

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Byline: Christine Schiavo

ALLENTOWN, Pa. _ In a tone barely audible to the dozens who packed an Allentown courtroom Wednesday, serial killer Charles Cullen pleaded guilty to six more murders and three attempted murders, bringing his death tally to 23 in two states.

Relatives of victims strained to hear a reason or explanation from Cullen, who claimed when arrested in December that he had killed about 40 patients in his 16-year career as a registered nurse. But the 44-year-old father of three offered nothing but short responses to a Lehigh County judge's questions, as he did in the three other Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties where he has pleaded guilty.

"He shows no emotion to what he did," said Connie Keeler, of Bethlehem, Pa., crying as she left the courtroom where Cullen pleaded guilty to attempting to murder her…

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