Cheri Landry and Lori Budo, former Memorial nurses, are current location examined
When Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flood occurred, Lori Budo and Cheri Landry were working as nurses in the surgical intensive care unit at Memorial Medical Center. Immediately after the bodies were discovered, autopsies were conducted, and morphine was discovered in nine of the bodies. In July 2006, Budo, Landry, and Dr. Anna Pou were all detained and charged with four counts of second-degree murder on the grounds that they allegedly administered lethal doses of morphine and another drug to four LifeCare patients. The police believed that Budo and Landry were collaborating with Pou based on the Sheri Fink-written book that served as the basis for the television programme.
When Landry was detained, she was employed by a nearby hospital. Budo was detained while she was at home with her husband and two teenagers. Budo and Landry were given financial assistance by nurses who had previously worked with them. Budo and Landry received monthly stipends as well as other financial gifts to assist with bill payment, food purchases, and clothing purchases. The two nurses were being sued at the same time by the families of three of the four patients who had passed away. In exchange for not being charged, Budo and Landry were eventually issued subpoenas to appear before the grand jury without representation.
Budo and Landry appealed against their subpoenas, but the Louisiana Supreme Court denied their request. This meant that in order to receive immunity from prosecution in the case, they had to testify before the special grand jury. In her testimony, Landry allegedly admitted to injecting up to four LifeCare patients on the seventh floor and two patients on the second floor without first learning about their medical histories. She added that she believed they were all “going to die” and that she believed it was against their orders to attempt to save them.
The source text for the show claims that Budo testified in court that she was unsure of the health status of the patients on the seventh floor or whether they had DNR orders, but that they appeared to be dying. I injected morphine and midazolam into two of them, she added.
What became to Cheri Landry and Lori Budo?
Both Cheri Landry and Lori Budo continued to work as nurses after receiving immunity. Budo and Landry joined the hospital as nurses after Ochsner Health System acquired Memorial Medical Center and changed its name to Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, according to Sheri Fink’s source material. When Fink visited the hospital in 2012, she remembered seeing Budo and Landry’s smiling faces posted on a bulletin board in the staff lounge.
2010 saw the publication of a book by Budo titled “Katrina Through Our Eyes: Stories from Inside Baptist Hospital.” The ICU staff at Memorial Hospital and their families’ experiences following Hurricane Katrina served as the basis for the story. Nearly all of the staff members’ names in the book, aside from hers, are made up. Since then, Budo has made the decision to avoid the spotlight. While composing the source text for the show, Fink made repeated attempts to contact Budo, but Budo always declined through her attorney. Landry and Budo have both made the decision to keep their personal lives private.