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Murders -- Children of Others
NameKillsSurvivorsContextModus
Phan Thi Ai3lover's childrenburned
Maria del Rosio Alfaro19 year old girlstabbed
Beverly Allitt422Pediatric NurseInjection
Melanie Anderson1girl 2beating, torture
Gertrude Baniszewski1girl 16tortured, beaten
Mary Flora Bell 21playmatesstrangled
Barbara Briggs1grandsonbeaten, starved
Linda Burnett1strangershot
Sally_Clark2infants (crib death)smothered
Patricia Coker1foster-daughterbeaten
Betty Coker1foster-granddaughterbeaten
Mary Ann Cotton4stepchildrenpoison
Minnie Dean 2 (3+)?baby farmsmothered
Nannie Hazel Doss2grandchildrensmothered
Lillie Easter 1foster sonbeaten, drowned
Marti Enriqueta6+1"magic"boiled, eaten, rendered into "potions"
Ellen Etheridge4stepchildrenpoison
Sandy Evans 1adopted daughterchild abuse
Christine Falling6babysittersmothered
Lynne Friend 1guardianbeaten
Caril Fugate1baby sisterchoked
Janie Lou Gibbs1grandchildpoison
Veronica Gonzalez1neice age 4tortured, scalded to death
Ester Rebecca Griggs 1exorcismbeaten
Belle Gunness1+stepchild
Bonney Heady1kidnap victimshot
Cathy Lynn Henderson1boy 3 months (babysitter)beaten
Audrey Marie Hilley 1severalneighborhood childpoison
Wanda Holloway01(?)cheerleader(s?)contract killing
Karla Holmolka 1?baby sisterdrugged, sexually assaulted, choked on vomit
Deidre Hunt1teenagertortured, shot
Helene Jegado severalhousehold servantpoison
Genene Jones 11 (46)Pediatric Nurseinjection
Lois Jurgens 1adopted sonbeaten, tortured
Penelope Kenney1
Dorothy Jean Livingston 1foster-daughterkicked down staircase (repeatedly)
Eddiesenior Jones McLaughlin1adopted sonbeaten, burned
Sarah Makin7+baby farmstabbed with knitting needles
Beth Ann Markman1teenagerchoked
Evelyn Kay Miller 1foster sonshaken baby
Angela Hope Miller 1nephewshaken baby
Alice Mitchell (37)nursestarvation, neglect
Marie Moore??coven?
Patricia Moore 3babysitterstranged, suffocated
Louisa Northcott??serial sex slayings?
Hannah Ocuish1playmatebeaten, choked
Julia Ann Olivas 1exorcismbeaten
Sandra Pankow3babysittersmothered
Martha Place1stepdaughteracid in face, smothered
Renee Polreis 1adopted sonbeaten
Lisa Price 1foster daughterbeaten
Latasha Pulliam1neighbor's daughter age 6tortured, strangled
Martha Rendell 31stepchildrenhydrochloric acid
Patricia Rorrer 1boyfriend's babyshot, suffocated
Amelia Sach dozens?baby farmpoison
Lydia Sherman2?3 husbands, 5 children, 2 stepchildrenpoison
Sarah Simpson1
Brenda Spencer29principal, janitor, school kidsshot
Debra Sue Tuggle 1fiancee's childdrowned
Lise Jane Turner 12 (6)babysittingsmothered
Louise Vermilyea 1stepchildpoison
Mary Wallis1servant
Annie Walters dozens?baby farmpoison
Jeanne Weber 7+many2 nieces, 2 nephews, 3 neighbor's kids (babysitter)strangled
Rosemary West 1 (?)stepdaughter
Roselere Wilkenson 1stepdaughterbeaten
Rosa Wilkerson 1granddaughterpoisoned, smothered
Jacqueline Annette Williams3adult female 28, girl 10, boy 7shot, stabbed
Martha Woods 42babysittersuffocation
Dora Wright1stepdaughter
Caroline Young2grandson 6, granddaughter 4stabbed
Lila Gladys Young (100+)baby farmneglect, starvation
Anna Zwanziger??rivals, employers and their familiespoison

Murders -- Her Own Children
NameKillsSurviversModus
Alicia Abraham 11tortured, beaten
Edith Agundez Acre 1starved
Sharon Denise Alley1stabbed
Maria Isabella Amaya 4stabbed
Erika Arroyo 1drowned
Elizabeth Atwood 1
Linda Aube 1drowned
Jennifer Bauer 1starved
Donna Bennett 1
Jocelyn Bennett 1starved, tortured
Aeuria Bermudez 1beaten
Alice Bishop1knife
Louisa Bissinger3drowning
Isabelle Blain 1beaten
Kelly Blake21burned
Judy Booty 1starved
Maria Sabrina Borajas 1shaken baby
Helen Rose Brewer 1starvation, dehydration
Linda Brisport 1beaten
Judias Buenoano11poison
Dora Luz Buenrostro3stabbed
Angelic Burney 1poisoned, smothered
Jannifer Butler 1smothered
Synthia Lynne Caamano 1shot
Ana Cardona1beaten
Socorro "Cora" Caro3shot
Cindy Casper 1suffocated
Krista Cline 1beaten
Bridget Cochran 1beaten
Tina Marie Cornelius 2suffocated, struck with rock
Mary Ann Cotton7poison
Susanna Cox1suffocation
Theresa Cross 2shot, beaten
Sharon Cygnarowicz<1>fractured skull
Farinoosh "Roya" Dalili 110th floor roof
Margarie Davis 1suffocated
Marybeth Davis 11poison
Daisy Louisa C. De Melker1poison
Michelle Dickinson 1drugs
Nannie Hazel Doss2poison
Diane Downs3shot
Melissa Drexler1prom mom
Tammy Dube 1suffocated
Elizabeth Emmerson2
Miguellina Estevez 21shot
Susan Eubanks4shot
Melissa Evans 1scalding water
Jane Ewing1
Elizabeth Faber 1newborn, abandoned
Peggy Facto1strangled
Elizabeth Feltman 2strangled, suffocated
Carolyn Felton16 story window
Constance Fisher6drowned
Lucretia Fletcher 1heat stroke, dehydration
Debbie Fornuto6suffocated
Sonya Forrest 1poisoned
Annette Giancola 2drowned
Guin Garcia2shot, smothered
Janie Lou Gibbs3poison
Rachael Gonzalez 2shot
Elizabeth Graul1
Ann Green2 1suffocation
Debora Green2burned
Gloria Gross 1starved
Melissa Gunderson 1smothered
Belle Gunness2+poison
Allison Harper 1beaten
Kristie Hackett 1beaten
Khoua Her 6strangled
Audrey Marie Hilley -1poison
Megan K. Hogg 3suffocated
Tammy Alicia Holycross1tortured, beaten
Linda Hood 1strangled, drowned
Lorrie Lin Hood 1beaten
Emily Jane Hopkins 2slashed throats
Waneta E. Hoyt 5suffocation
Tanya Hudson1suffocation
Darlene Fontenette Huff 1beaten
Mildred Irving 1beaten, abused
Tracy Ann Irwin1beaten, tortured
Maria Isa1stabbed
Amy Ivy 1stabbed, throat slashed
Jamie James 1drug overdose
Elizabeth Leftwich Jessie 1beaten, tortured
Martha Ann Johnson 4suffocation
Claudette Kibble31suffocation, drowning
Stella Kiser 1tortured, beaten
Catherine Krebs1
Tamachies Krider 1beaten
Elise Ledvina 1baseball bat
Mary Legatte1
Juana Leija 24drowned
Marilyn Lemak3smothered
Carla Lockwood 1starved to death
Awilda Lopez 1beaten, tortured
Debbie Ann Lowe 2heat stroke, dehydration
Diana Lumbrera 6strangled and suffocated
Anjette Lyles 4poison
Latisha McGee 1strangled
Virginia McGinnis 4"accidents"
Summer McKee 1asphyxiated
Kimberly Ann McVay 1starved
Kimberly Martin 2shot
Sylvia Martinez 2shot
Rhonda Belle Martin 3 (5)1poison
Brenda Maxey 1stabbed
Dianna Meeks 1starved
Debra Jean Milke1shot, exposure
Teresa Nelson 1stabbed
Francis Elaine Newton2shot
Sandi Dawn Nieves4asphyxia (gas)
Nellie Nixon 1starved
Marie Noe 8smothering
Yvonne Padron 1suffocated
Mary Perkins 1beaten
Annie Pollard 1burned
Amoret Powell 1heroin/breast milk
Jennifer Pyles 1suffocated
Rebecca Ramirez 1Withheld medication
Rashida 4meat cleaver
Tanya Thaxton Reid12suffocation (MSBP)
Tina Reid3drowning
Marcia Reinhold 1beaten, tortured
Vera Renczi 1
Deborah Elizabeth Reynolds 1beaten
Christina Riggs 2injection, smothered
Maria Rivera 11burned
Evonne Rodriquez 1strangled
Esther Rogers1
Darlie Routier 2 stabbed
Robin Lee Rowe2burned to death
Mary Runkle(2)strangled, drowned
Brenda L. Schaffer 1beaten
Darcy Semler1suffocated
Latonda Shannon1beaten
Martha Sharp1
Miranda Shaw 3burned
Lydia Sherman5?poison
Caroline Shipp1child
Kelly Silk32stabbed, burned
Paula Sims 21suffocated
Shantela Smith1
Shelia Smith 1poison
Susan Smith2drowned
Denise Solero 1suffocated
Linda Solomon 1strangled
Heidi Sonnenberg 1suffocation & bleeding
Dorothy Talby11wrung her neck
Ann Tandy1
Michelle Tate 1beaten
Renee Taylor 1smothered
Irina Tchouprina 1drowned
Michelle Sue Tharp1starvation
Deborah Thompson 1injection
Marybeth Tinning 8smothered
Gail Trait4stabbed
Joan Tribblet 1beaten/strangled
Lydia Trueblood 11poison
Debra Sue Tuggle 3suffocated
Lise Jane Turner 22 (6)smothered
Theresa R. Turner 1suffocated
Louise Vermilyea 3poison
Katrina Vincent 1starved
Amanda Wallace1hanging
Jeanne Weber 3manystrangled
Mary Weekly 1shaken, beaten
Rosemary West 1 (?)
Stella Williamson5
Elizabeth Wilson2
Charlene Wise1starvation, neglect
Martha Woods 32suffocation
Barbara Ann Wyrzykowski 5carbon monoxide
Andrea Yates5drowned
Janice Young21shot (murder/suicide)
Maggie Young5drowned