Satanist nurse Blaze Binder - who goes under the name of Ghostinthedark Satania Blaze on Facebook - has come under fire after posting photos of herself next to dying pensioners in the care home where she worked.
"Yeah, your time is over. Send them to hell, where some of them belong"
Authorities in St Gallen, Switzerland, about 85km from Zurich, have now launched an investigation and the public prosecutor said they will then decide whether to press charges.
According to Swiss news site 20 Minuten, Binder wrote: "Guess she is asleep or is she dead? Hint: I'm the soul thief" underneath the photograph.
In another she apparently wrote: "Yeah, your time is over. Send them to hell, where some of them belong. The rest goes into a hole for compost fertiliser, hehehe".
However, when one of her 2000 Facebook friends commented that the photograph was improper, Binder furiously responded: "I can put anything I want in my Facebook it's mine. people who doesn't want what I post they can jug up and die death is normal people die all the time!"
Binder has been fined £800 by a Swiss court, who found her guilty of "violating the peace of the dead" and breach of trust. In addition to the fine, the court issued a suspended fine equivalent to 120 days of pay.
Interviewed by daily newspaper Blick when the case was first revealed, the tattooed employee called the photos "beautiful pictures" and said death was part of everyday life at the nursing home.
"I do not understand that people are upset about the photos"
She added: "I do not understand that people are upset about the photos."
Relatives of the dead woman visible in the photograph were, understandably, outraged that such a thing had been allowed to happen in a retirement home.
The woman's son Ruedi Forrer said: "The images must instantly disappear from the internet.
"I do not understand for the life of me how such a thing can happen in a retirement home."