Tiffany Alberts

INDIANAPOLIS — A former Warsaw resident was arrested for injecting feces into her son’s IV while he was receiving cancer treatments at Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis.

Tiffany Alberts, 41, Wolcott, formerly of Warsaw, used a syringe to inject feces into her 15-year-old son’s IV on several occasions between Nov. 13 and 17.

CNN reported Albert indicated her actions were motivated by her desire to have her son moved from the ICU to another Riley unit. She believed, “The treatment would be better,” in the other area of the hospital.

According to a Marion County police affidavit, Albert’s son had been receiving treatment for Leukemia since August at the hospital. He had been released in September, but returned to the hospital just days later due to fever, vomiting and diarrhea.

Blood tests done on the cancer patient showed organisms, typically found in feces, caused an infection which medical officials could not explain.

According to CNN, the hospital staff then began monitoring the patient’s room with video surveillance to find out if anyone had been tampering with the patient’s IV. Through the surveillance, the hospital discovered the Albert injecting something into his IV.

According to CNN, when Albert was questioned, she first claimed she was injecting water into the IV to flush the line. She later admitted to injecting her son’s own fecal matter into the IV.

Alberts is charged with six counts of aggravated battery and one count of neglect of a dependent, resulting in serious bodily injury.

The doctors treating the patient indicated Alberts’ son could have died from septic shock from the injections.