Embattled Gulf Breeze OB/GYN Elaine Sharp is facing over four dozen felony charges, but that could be just the tip of the iceberg after a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report says the doctor may be responsible for upwards of 40 deaths.
Sharp was arrested Oct. 3 in Escambia County. She is formally facing two counts of murder that resulted from the unlawful distribution of controlled substances. She’s also charged in a related case on 48 felony counts ranging from trafficking various substances to falsifying records.
Sharp has been the subject of Florida Department of Law Enforcement and FBI investigations since 2021 when reports allege some of her patients may have died due to her “dangerous prescribing practices.”
In their investigative report, the FDLE says they found approximately 40 of Sharp’s patients from 2017 to 2023 died due to a narcotics related overdose or polysubstance toxicity from medications prescribed by Sharp.
While the investigation found 40 possible deaths associated with Sharp’s prescribing practices , the FDLE submitted two death records to third-party doctor Steven Bird, a certified practitioner and medical toxicologist, to assess how they died.