What happened
Nurse Roger Andermatt killed elderly patients in care facilities around Lucerne during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
The investigation
An unusual concentration of deaths prompted scrutiny, exhumations and autopsies that led investigators to Andermatt’s conduct in several institutions.
What the courts or investigators concluded
He was convicted in 2005 of twenty-two murders along with attempted and incomplete murder counts and received a life sentence.
Why the case remains significant
The case is Switzerland’s most prominent healthcare serial-killing prosecution and underscores the importance of death-pattern monitoring in institutions caring for vulnerable people.
Case context
Crime by Region organizes cases geographically so readers can move from one file to other investigations from the same country. For unresolved or contested cases, the wording above reflects the distinction between confirmed events, investigative theories and findings actually established in court.