Louisiana communities are mourning the death of a longtime fighter, mother, resident, and former nurse who passed away unexpectedly this week. Janice Trahan Allen died suddenly this week from HIV and Dementia complications. She was surrounded by her loved ones.
Janice Trahan Allen was the former Lafayette, LA ER nurse whose story was in the E9 “Shot of Vengeance”. Allen’s ex-lover Doctor Richard Schmidt, a gastroenterologist, injected her with HIV and Hepatitis C in 1994, after she broke up with him.
Full Story of Doctor Who Injected Ex-Mistress with HIV, Died in Prison
Janice Trahan had been feeling under the weather in the final months of 1994. The young nurse sought a doctor to determine the origin of her symptoms, which included swollen glands, eye pain, and recurrent bodily aches.
The doctor administered a full battery of testing. One test revealed that she was pregnant. She found out she had HIV from another person. It was suspected that she contracted the virus and hepatitis C while working at a hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. However, hospital records could only corroborate one incident: an AIDS patient accidentally doused her with saliva. She tested negative after that.
HIV tests on the guys in her life revealed no positive results. It was unclear how she had contracted the infections. Trahan then recalled a peculiar episode with the man who had been her lover for a decade, Dr. Richard Schmidt, 48, a highly regarded Lafayette gastroenterologist.
Who Was Janice Trahan Allen?
Trahan and Schmidt met on the job in the early 1980s and soon began sleeping together. Both were married to different persons. Trahan divorced her husband and moved into an apartment where Schmidt could see her whenever he wanted, convinced that she and the doctor would be happy together. Then she waited for him to take the next step, which was to leave his wife and three children and start a new life with her.
What Happened To Janice Trahan Allen?
The Acadiana High School graduate suffeed from dementia. Janice Trahan Allen was a warrior, she took her medications and stayed healthy while living with the ill-gotten diseases. She passed away thirty years later. Allen outlived her enemy, a neighbor wrote.
Years passed without any change in status. Still, she waited. She remained hopeful even after being pregnant four times, and Schmidt insisted on abortions, according to Trahan. Trahan terminated three pregnancies. However, she refused with the fourth and gave birth to a son.
