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Thomas Sammarco

Case from Northport, NY dated Aug 10, 1983

Victim Details

Thomas Sammarco

Male

White / Caucasian

Northport

NY

1983

73

Thomas

Sammarco

07/27/2026

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Thomas Sammarco, a 73-year-old white man, entered the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport, New York, expecting care and routine decisions made in his best interest. Instead, in early October 1993, the choices recorded in his chart would become part of the suspicion that something darker was happening on the wards—a pattern of sudden collapses that trailed one resident physician.

According to the federal case narrative, Dr. Michael J. Swango was working at the Northport VA as p ...
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  • Doctor with string of deaths is charged - Tampa Bay Times
  • 'Poison Doc' Pleads Guilty - ABC News - The Walt Disney Company
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