‘Angel of Death’ dies after attack in prison

TOLEDO (AP) — Authorities say a serial killer who admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky during the 1970s and ’80s has died after being attacked in his cell.

This photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Donald Harvey, a serial killer who became known as the "Angel of Death." Harvey, who was serving multiple life sentences, was found beaten in his cell Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the state's prison in Toledo, state officials said. He died Thursday morning, said JoEllen Smith, spokeswoman for Ohio's prison system. He was 64. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
This photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Donald Harvey, a serial killer who became known as the “Angel of Death.” Harvey, who was serving multiple life sentences, was found beaten in his cell Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the state’s prison in Toledo, state officials said. He died Thursday morning, said JoEllen Smith, spokeswoman for Ohio’s prison system. He was 64. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)

A prisons spokeswoman says 64-year-old Donald Harvey died Thursday, two days after state troopers say he was found beaten at the state’s prison in Toledo.

Harvey became known as the “Angel of Death” after pleading guilty in 1987 to 37 murders.

He had worked as a nurse’s aide at hospitals in Cincinnati and London, Kentucky, and claimed he was trying to end his patients’ suffering.

He agreed to a plea deal that allowed him to avoid the death penalty and was serving multiple life sentences.

Harvey later claimed to have killed 18 more patients.