In April 2008 several patients at the DaVita Healthcare Dialysis Clinic in Lufkin, Texas experienced sudden, severe medical emergencies during treatment. Garlin Kelley, an African American man, suffered a sudden medical episode while on dialysis and died of complications on April 16, 2008. His death was one of a cluster of unexplained cardiac arrests and toxic reactions that month.

The investigation centered on Kimberly Clark Saenz, a licensed vocational nurse who had worked at the clinic for about eight months and who administered medications and assisted with patient care. Authorities determined she had injected bleach into patients’ dialysis lines. Saenz was indicted on multiple counts including one capital murder count tied to five victims; a jury found her guilty of capital murder and three counts of aggravated assault. She received life without parole for the capital murder conviction and 20 years for each aggravated assault count.

Kelley’s death was presented as one of the fatalities caused by those injections and was part of the prosecution’s case. If anyone had personal knowledge of Kelley’s treatment at the clinic or saw anything unusual at DaVita in April 2008, please share what is known.