Donald Barney was a 61-year-old patient at Drake Hospital in Cincinnati when he died on July 7, 1986. His death initially looked like that of a seriously ill hospital patient, but later investigation tied it to a series of killings carried out by hospital orderly Donald Harvey.

Harvey allegedly administered cyanide through Barney’s gastric feeding tube and also injected it into his buttocks. Barney’s death did not immediately prompt an arrest; Harvey remained on staff and is reported to have gone on to kill additional patients before suspicions culminated in an arrest in April 1987.

Barney was named among the victims when Harvey pleaded guilty on August 18, 1987, in Ohio to numerous aggravated murders as part of a negotiated deal that avoided the death penalty. No second suspect has been identified in Barney’s killing. Did anyone have contact with Barney at Drake Hospital in July 1986 who can add details about his care or condition then?