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Joseph Michael Swango (born October 21, 1954) is an American serial killer and former licensed physician. It is estimated that Swango has been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues, though he only admitted to causing four deaths. He was sentenced in 2000 to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, and is serving that sentence at the ADX Florence supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. ==Early life== Swango was born in Tacoma, Washington and raised in Quincy, Illinois, the middle child of Muriel and John Virgil Swango. Swango's father was a career U.S. Army officer who served in the Vietnam War and was troubled by alcoholism. Upon his return from Vietnam, Swango's father became depressed and was divorced by Muriel. Growing up, Swango saw little of his father and as a result, was closest to his mother.〔 Michael Swango was valedictorian of his 1972 Quincy Catholic Boys High School class. During high school he played clarinet and was a member of the Quincy Notre Dame band. Swango served in the Marine Corps, graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego; he received an honorable discharge in 1976. He saw no action overseas during his service, but his training in the Marines left him with a commitment to physical exercise; when not studying, he was frequently seen jogging or performing calisthenics on the Quincy campus, and he was known to perform pushups as a form of self-punishment when criticized by instructors.〔http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/weird/swango/swango_2.html〕 Swango attended Quincy College, graduating summa cum laude and being awarded the American Chemical Society Award. Following his graduation from Quincy, Swango matriculated to medical school at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Swango displayed troubling behavior during his time at SIU. Although he was a brilliant student, he preferred to work as an ambulance attendant rather than concentrate on his studies. A fascination with dying patients was noted during this time.〔 Although no one thought much of it at the time, many of Swango's assigned patients ended up "coding," or suffering life-threatening emergencies, with at least five of them dying.〔 Swango's lackadaisical approach to his studies caught up with him a month before he was due to graduate, when it was discovered that he had faked checkups during his OB/GYN rotation. A number of his fellow students had suspected he had been faking checkups as early as his second year. He was nearly expelled, but was allowed to remain when one member of the committee voted to give him a second chance; at the time, a unanimous vote was required for a student to be dismissed. Even earlier, several students and faculty members had raised concerns about his competence to practice medicine. Eventually, the school allowed him to graduate with an M.D., one year after his entering classmates, after fulfilling the conditions that he repeat the OB/GYN rotation and complete several assignments in other specialties.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Swango」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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