Virgil Weddle was an 81-year-old white male patient at Daniel Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati who died on April 19, 1986. His death was initially attributed to the serious illness for which he was being treated, but later investigation linked it to deliberate poisoning. Hospital worker Donald Harvey later acknowledged putting rat poison into Weddle’s food, described in accounts as pudding or another dessert, and Weddle’s death was incorporated into a broader inquiry once other suspicious patient deaths surfaced.

Harvey was arrested in 1987 after cyanide was found in another patient and ultimately pleaded guilty in August 1987 to multiple murders and attempted murders. Prosecutors included Weddle among the victims covered by Harvey’s admissions and guilty pleas; the plea deal avoided a full murder trial on individual cases. No separate competing suspect has been identified in reporting about Weddle’s death.

Are there readers who remember Weddle or who have any information about his care at Daniel Drake Memorial Hospital?