A judge has ruled that the public inquiry into Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s murders at two southwestern Ontario nursing homes won’t be expanded.
An advocacy group for Ontarians in longterm care, the Ontario Association of Residents’ Councils, applied to get three police forces that investigated the eight murders to turn over their materials about any more crimes the nurse is alleged to have committed.
The move came after the inquiry, its hearings over, was told in January that Wettlaufer had disclosed to prison staff that she had tried to harm two other care residents.
In her written ruling, the judge dismissed the motion for reasons including the delay it would cause the inquiry and the fallout for those waiting for its final report.
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