Nurse Murders: Exes Turn Violent

Police car and ambulances outside emergency room entrance.

Nurses across America are being stalked, ambushed, and killed by the very people who once claimed to love them — and the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore.

Story Highlights

Multiple documented cases show ex-partners targeting nurses at work, at home, and in parking lots — often with premeditation.
Detroit nurse Patrice Wilson was shot and killed in a hospital parking lot by an ex-boyfriend disguised in a blonde wig; he was sentenced to 35–60 years in prison.
Jasmine Singleton, a nurse and mother, was killed by her ex-boyfriend in Clinton; loved ones have called for justice and raised awareness about domestic violence.
Healthcare data shows female healthcare workers face intimate partner homicide rates far exceeding those in most other professions.

Ambushed at Work: When the Hospital Becomes a Hunting Ground

On May 13, 2023, registered nurse Patrice Wilson was shot and killed in the parking lot of Detroit Medical Center’s Detroit Receiving Hospital. Surveillance footage captured her ex-boyfriend, Jamere Michael Miller, 36, approaching her vehicle disguised in a blonde wig. Miller forced his way into Wilson’s sport utility vehicle and shot her multiple times. He later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced on November 7, 2023, to 35 to 60 years in prison — a case that shocked the nursing community and exposed just how far a determined abuser will go. [1]

Wilson’s case is not an isolated tragedy. In Clinton, nurse and mother Jasmine Singleton was also killed by an ex-boyfriend, leaving behind loved ones who took to the streets demanding justice and urging other women trapped in dangerous relationships to seek help. [5] In New Jersey, nurse Victoria Alexander was shot and killed at the rehabilitation facility where she worked in what authorities described as an apparent murder-suicide carried out by her estranged husband. [3] The workplace, long considered a place of safety, has become a site of lethal danger for nurses whose routines and schedules are easily tracked by people who once shared their lives.

A Pattern Rooted in Predictability and Control

What connects these cases is not coincidence — it is pattern. Nurses work structured, predictable shifts. Their schedules, parking habits, and entry points are known to anyone who has spent time with them. That predictability, combined with the emotional volatility of a failed intimate relationship, creates a dangerous combination. Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Violent Death Reporting System covering 2014 to 2018 identified 112 female healthcare worker homicides, with 36 percent carried out by intimate partners — a rate that significantly exceeds the national average for female workplace homicides across other industries.

The Florida case of Linda Campitelli adds another dimension to this crisis. Campitelli, a married mother and nurse in Palm Beach County, was found dead on the side of a road in October 2024. Investigators arrested her co-worker Rene J. Perez nearly a year and a half later in March 2026, with WhatsApp messages and other digital evidence pointing to a secret affair turned fatal. [2] Prosecutors allege Perez killed Campitelli and left her body in a busy roadway. [4] The case illustrates that the threat does not always come from a stranger or even a traditional domestic partner — it can emerge from within the workplace itself.

A System That Struggles to Protect Its Protectors

The women in these cases spent their careers caring for others — managing crises, comforting patients, and holding families together through their worst moments. Yet when their own lives were in danger, the systems designed to protect them repeatedly fell short. Restraining orders, workplace security protocols, and law enforcement response times are frequently cited as inadequate in intimate partner violence cases, particularly when the abuser is determined and the victim’s schedule is publicly known or easily discovered.

These tragedies also reflect a broader failure that frustrates Americans across the political spectrum. Advocates on both the left and right have long called for stronger protections for domestic violence victims, better coordination between courts and law enforcement, and more robust workplace safety standards for healthcare workers. Yet meaningful reform moves slowly while the death toll climbs. Families of victims like Jasmine Singleton are left demanding justice in the streets, asking a question that should trouble every American: why does it take a funeral to get anyone to pay attention? [5] The women who dedicate their lives to saving others deserve a system that fights just as hard to save them.