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   Psychiatrist dubbed 'Dr. Death' accused    
   21 May 16 12:19:37   
   
   From: judgebean23x@gmail.com   
      
   FoxNews.com   
      
   GEORGIA   
      
   Psychiatrist dubbed 'Dr. Death' accused of murder in pain pill overdoses   
   Published May 20, 2016   
   FoxNews.com   
      
      
   This undated photo shows Narendra Nagareddy. (Clayton County Sheriff's Office.)   
      
   A Georgia psychiatrist has been indicted on three counts of felony murder and   
   59 counts of unauthorized distribution of pain medicine prescriptions after at   
   least 12 of his patients died of overdoses.    
      
      
   Narendra Nagareddy, 57, was originally arrested in January in the death of one   
   patient, 29-year-old Audrey Austin. He was bailed out of jail and had been   
   under house arrest ever since, but was arrested Tuesday on additional charges.   
      
   On Wednesday, Nagareddy was charged in the overdose deaths of David Robinson,   
   49, and Cheryl Pennington 47.   
      
   In all, federal authorities say 36 of Nagareddy's patients died while he was   
   prescribing them controlled substances, including oxycodone, methadone,   
   hydrocodone, and amphetamine. Authorities declined to give information on the   
   causes of death for 24    
   patients.    
      
   Clayton County District Attorney Tracy Lawson said Nagareddy prescribed the   
   drugs without a legitimate medical purpose.    
      
   "There will no longer be prescriptions issued by Dr. Nagareddy that result in   
   the deaths of any innocent people," Lawson said.    
      
      
   It was not immediately known whether authorities in counties where other   
   victims lived would seek charges against Nagareddy. Mike Jones, whose wife was   
   a patient of Nagareddy's and died in 2013, told WSB the doctor prescribed   
   Ritalin and clonidine to the    
   couple's young son.   
      
   "I was really, just basically furious because he was 3, going on 4," said   
   Jones, who added that he was told after his wife's death that "her liver was   
   just completely shot from years of pain medication."   
      
   Nagareddy has maintained his innocence, telling a WGCL reporter in March, "I'm   
   an honest man. I look after all the severely mentally ill patients, please   
   understand, sir."   
      
   Nagareddy's arraignment is set for July 7, with a trial scheduled to begin   
   Aug. 8.   
      
      
      
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/20/psychiatrist-dubbed-dr-deat   
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