Caretaker Guilty Of Spanish Care Home Murders A caretaker at a Spanish retirement home has been found guilty of the murder of 11 elderly residents. Among the 11 who died, three were forced to drink bleach. Prosecutors in the north east town of Girona are seeking a 194-year jail term for Joan Vila Dilme, nicknamed "the angel of death." The 45-year-old defendant, employed at the La Caritat home in Olot, in Catalonia, was arrested in October 2010 after the death of an 85-year-old woman in hospital. He later confessed to her murder, saying he had made her - as well as two other elderly people - drink bleach, in order to "end their suffering." Eight other murders, committed between August 2009 and October 2010, later came to light, with the victims given overdoses of insulin or various fatal pharmaceutical cocktails in a case which has stirred high emotions in the country. The man's lawyer had argued in his client's defence that Dilme suffered from mental problems. Sentencing will take place later.