Ottomar A. Schramm was 78 when he was admitted to Easton Hospital in Pennsylvania after a seizure in the winter of 1998. Although his condition initially improved, blood tests later showed digoxin in his system even though it had not been prescribed. Schramm’s health declined and he died on December 31, 1998.

The hospital owner alerted the Northampton County coroner about the suspicious medication. An internal investigation considered whether an ’angel of death’ was involved but by 2000 that probe was deemed inconclusive. Schramm’s widow filed a wrongful death lawsuit in January 2001 against the hospital and others involved in his care.

A breakthrough came after the December 2003 arrest of nurse Charles Cullen, who later confessed to killing numerous patients and admitted to giving Schramm a lethal digoxin overdose. Cullen pleaded guilty in November 2004 to Schramm’s murder and received life without parole as part of a plea deal that included cooperation in identifying other victims. Does anyone have information about Schramm’s care at Easton Hospital or contacts who were involved in his case?