Murder by Syringe

Sergeant John McKillop from the Glendale Police Department recalls the investigation of Efren Saldivar, who pleaded guilty to the murders of six patients and the attempted murder of another patient. Saldivar killed his victims through methods such as suffocation or lethal injection, using drugs like Pavulon and succinylcholine chloride to halt their breathing.

Detective Tony Futia discusses arresting and interrogating Efren Saldivar, a respiratory therapist and serial killer. Saldivar later pleaded guilty to killing six victims and attempting to kill a seventh, admitting that he murdered patients through methods such as suffocation or lethal injection with drugs like Pavulon and succinylcholine chloride, which halt breathing.

Detective Will Currie from the Glendale Police Department remembers interviewing Efren Saldivar, who pleaded guilty to the murders of six patients and the attempted murder of another. Detective Currie called in Saldivar for his initial interview, and although Currie did not have a lot of information about the respiratory therapist's murders, he wanted to "keep [him] talking."

After Efren Saldivar's co-workers encountered a string of surprising deaths, rumors began to circulate around Glendale Adventist Medical Center about his “magic syringe.”