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Lee Zumwalt

Case from Eugene, OR dated Feb 17, 1979

Victim Details

Lee Zumwalt

Male

Eugene

OR

1979-02-17

86

Lee

Zumwalt

06/22/2026

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Lee Jackson Zumwalt Sr., aged 86, passed away on February 17, 1979, in Junction City, Lane County, Oregon. His death was later linked to a series of alleged mercy killings carried out by a nursing home orderly named Otha Harrison Hart. Hart, a former Eugene Nursing Home aide, confessed to administering lethal insulin injections to four patients, including Zumwalt, claiming that they had requested assistance in ending their suffering.

Hart stated that Zumwalt was aware of what was happeni ...
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