| Female Domestic Murderers
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| Name | Kills | Survivors | Victims | Modus
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| Alicia Abraham | 1 | 1 | son | tortured, beaten
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| Edith Agundez Acre | 1 | | son | starved
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| Sharon Denise Alley | 1 | | daughter | stabbed
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| Maria Isabella Amaya | 4 | | children | stabbed
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| Anna Antonio | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Erika Arroyo | 1 | | son | drowned
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| Elizabeth Atwood | 1 | | child |
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| Linda Aube | 1 | | son | drowned
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| Vernice Ballenger | 1 | | aunt | beaten
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| Polly Barclay | 1 | | husband |
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| Margie Velma Barfield | 4 (7) | | husband, mother, fiancee | poison
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| Susan Basso | 1 | | husband | tortured, beaten |
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| Jennifer Bauer | 1 | | son | starved
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| Marie Alexandrine Becker | 12 | | husband, lover, friends | poison
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| Betty Lou Beets | 2 | 1 | husbands | shot
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| Donna Bennett | 1 | | son
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| Jocelyn Bennett | 1 | | son | starved, tortured
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| Aeuria Bermudez | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Marie Besnard | 13 | | two husbands, parents, in-laws, cousins, neighbors | poison
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| Catharine Bevan | 1 | | husband | poisoned, beaten
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| Ann Bilansky | 1 | | husband | poison
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| Alice Bishop | 1 | | daughter | knife
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| Louisa Bissinger | 3 | | children | drowning
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| Isabelle Blain | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Kelly Blake | 2 | 1 | children (hers) | burned
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| Elfriede Blauensteiner | 5+ | 1+ | husbands, lovers, neighbors | poisoned
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| Judy Booty | 1 | | son | starved
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| Maria Sabrina Borajas | 1 | | daughter | shaken baby
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| Helen Rose Brewer | 1 | | daughter | starvation, dehydration
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| Barbara Briggs | 1 | | grandson | beaten, starved
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| Linda Brisport | 1 | | son | beaten
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| Betty Broderick | 2 | | ex-husband and his wife | shot
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| Judias Buenoano | 3 | 1 | two husbands and a son | poison
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| Dora Luz Buenrostro | 3 | | her children, age 4 to 9 | stabbed |
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| Jannifer Butler | 1 | | son | smothered
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| Angelic Burney | 1 | | daughter | poisoned, smothered
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| Michelle Byrom | 1 | | husband | contract killing |
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| Synthia Lynne Caamano | 1 | | daughter | shot
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| Ana Cardona | 1 | | son age 3 | beaten |
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| May Carey | 1 | | brother |
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| Doris Carlson | 1 | | mother-in-law | contract killing |
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| Socorro "Cora" Caro | 3 | | son 5, son 8, son 11 | shot |
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| Cindy Casper | 1 | | daughter | suffocated
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| Sally_Clark | 2 | | infants (crib death) | smothered
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| Krista Cline | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Bridget Cochran | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Patricia Coker | 1 | | foster-daughter | beaten
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| Betty Coker | 1 | | foster-granddaughter | beaten
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| Mary Cole | 1 | | mother |
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| Opal Collins | 4 | | husband, 3 in-laws |
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| Tina Marie Cornelius | 2 | | son, daughter | suffocated, struck with rock
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| Mary Ann Cotton | (17+) | | husbands, children, stepchildren, mother, sister-in-law | poison
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| Susanna Cox | 1 | | child | suffocation
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| Mary Frances Creighton | 3 | | brother, father-in-law, lover | poison
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| Theresa Cross | 2 (3) | | daughters, possibly husband | shot, beaten
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| Millicent May Cumberbatch | 1 | | husband | beaten, stabbed
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| Sharon Cygnarowicz | <1> | son | | fractured skull
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| Farinoosh "Roya" Dalili | 1 | | daughter | fall
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| Marybeth Davis | 1 | 1 | son, daughter | poison
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| Margarie Davis | 1 | | son | suffocated
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| Dovie Dean | 1 | | husband | poison
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| Daisy Louisa C. De Melker | 3 | | two husbands and a son | poison
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| Earle Dennison | 1 | | niece | poison
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| Michelle Dickinson | 1 | | son | drugs |
| Jane Dorotik | 1 | | husband | beaten, strangled
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| Nannie Hazel Doss | 10 | | children, husbands, sisters, mother | poison
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| Diane Downs | 3 | | children | shot
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| Melissa Drexler | 1 | | newborn son | prom mom
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| Roxalana Druse | 1 | | husband | beaten, chopped, boiled
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| Tammy Dube | 1 | | daughter | suffocated
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| Elizabeth Ann Duncan | 2 | | daughter-in-law plus fetus | contract killing
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| Lillie Easter | 1 | | foster son | beaten, drowned
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| Elizabeth Emmerson | 2 | | children |
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| Miguellina Estevez | 2 | 1 | sons | shot
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| Ellen Etheridge | 4 | | stepchildren | poison
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| Susan Eubanks | 4 | | 4 sons ages 4, 6, 7, 14 | shot
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| Sandy Evans | 1 | | adopted daughter | child abuse
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| Melissa Evans | 1 | | son | scalding water
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| Jane Ewing | 1 | | child |
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| Elizabeth Faber | 1 | | newborn son |
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| Peggy Facto | 1 | | child | strangled
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| Elizabeth Feltman | 2 | | son, daughter | strangled, suffocated
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| Carolyn Felton | 1 | | daughter | 6 story window
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| Constance Fisher | 6 | | children (hers) | drowned
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| Lucretia Fletcher | 1 | | son | heat stroke, dehydration
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| Debbie Fornuto | 6 | | children (hers) | suffocated
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| Sonya Forrest | 1 | | daughter | poisoned
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| Lynne Friend | 1 | | nephew | beaten
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| Caril Fugate | 11 | | mom, dad, baby sister, strangers | shot, stabbed, choked
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| Guin Garcia | 2 | | husband, infant daughter | shot, smothered
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| Tillie Gbrurek | 5 | 1 | four husbands, one neighbor | poison
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| Annette Giancola | 2 | | son, daughter | drowned
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| Janie Lou Gibbs | 5 | | husband, four children | poison
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| Amy Gilligan | 9 | | 5 husbands, 4 patients | poison
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| Kelly Renee Gissendaner | 1 | | husband | contract killing |
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| Rachael Gonzalez | 2 | | daughters | shot
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| Veronica Gonzalez | 1 | | neice age 4 | tortured, scalded to death |
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| Elizabeth Graul | 1 | | child |
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| Ann Green | 2 (?) | 1 | children (hers) | suffocation
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| Debora Green | 2 | 1 | children, husband | burned, poisoned
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| Caroline Grills | 4 | 2 | family members, friend | poison
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| Gloria Gross | 1 | | daughter | starved
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| Melissa Gunderson | 1 | | daughter | smothered
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| Belle Gunness | 16 (49) | | husbands, children, employees, suitors | poison, bludgeoning, decapitation
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| Kristie Hackett | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Judy Haney | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Allison Harper | 1 | | stepson | beaten
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| Alcee Harris | 1 | | husband | axe
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| Louise Harris | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Brynn Hartman | 1 | | husband | shot
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| Khoua Her | 6 | | children | strangled
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| Audrey Marie Hilley | 3 (4) | 4 | husband, daughter, mom-in-law, neighbor child | poison
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| Megan K. Hogg | 3 | | daughters | suffocated
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| Tammy Alicia Holycross | 1 | | son | tortured, beaten
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| Karla Holmolka | 3 (?) | ? | rape victims | strangled, drugged
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| Linda Hood | 1 | | daughter | strangled, drowned
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| Lorrie Lin Hood | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Emily Jane Hopkins | 2 | | son, daughter | slashed throats
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| Waneta E. Hoyt | 5 | | children (hers) | suffocation
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| Tanya Hudson | 1 | | newborn daughter | suffocation
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| Darlene Fontenette Huff | 1 | | son | beaten
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| Mildred Irving | 1 | | daughter | beaten, abused
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| Tracy Ann Irwin | 1 | | son | beaten, tortured
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| Maria Isa | 1 | | daughter | stabbed
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| Amy Ivy | 1 | | daughter | stabbed, throat slashed
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| Jamie James | 1 | | daughter | drug overdose
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| Helene Jegado | 23+ | 9 | sister, aunt, employers, fellow nuns, fellow servants | poison
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| Patricia JoAnn Jennings (aka Wells) | 1 | | husband | |
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| Elizabeth Leftwich Jessie | 1 | | daughter | beaten, tortured
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| Martha Ann Johnson | 4 | | children (hers) | suffocation
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| Shonda Johnson | 1 | | husband | shot
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| Charlotte Jones | 2 | | uncle and aunt | knife and poker
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| Lois Jurgens | 1 | | adopted son | beaten, tortured
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| Eva Kaber | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Christene Knapp Kemmerlin | 1 | | husband | contract killing |
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| Claudette Kibble | 3 | 1 | children | suffocation, drowning
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| Sharon Kinne | 3 | 1 | husband, lover's wife, motel pick-up | shot
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| Stella Kiser | 1 | | daughter | tortured, beaten
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| Catherine Krebs | 1 | | child |
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| Tamachies Krider | 1 | | son | beaten
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| Beatrice Lampkin | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Deidra Lane | 1 | | husband | shot
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| Virginia Gail Larzelere | 1 | | husband | contract killing |
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| Ada Leboeuf | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Elise Ledvina | 1 | | son | baseball bat
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| Mary Legatte | 1 | | daughter |
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| Christa Lehman | 4 | | husband, father-in-law, and at least two neighbors | poison
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| Juana Leija | 2 | 4 | children | drowned
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| Marilyn Lemak | 3 | | children | smothered
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| Dorothy Jean Livingston | 1 | | foster-daughter | kicked down staircase (repeatedly)
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| Carla Lockwood | 1 | | daughter | starved to death
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| Awilda Lopez | 1 | | daughter | beaten, tortured
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| Debbie Ann Lowe | 2 | | daughters | heat stroke, dehydration
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| Diana Lumbrera | 6 | | children (hers) | strangled and suffocated
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| Anjette Lyles | 4 | | 2 husbands, mother-in-law, daughter | poison
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| Latisha McGee | 1 | | daughter | strangled
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| Virginia McGinnis | 4 | | husband, mother, daughter | "accidents"
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| Summer McKee | 1 | | daughter | asphyxiated
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| Eddiesenior Jones McLaughlin | 1 | | adopted son | beaten, burned
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| Eliza McNabney aka Laren Simms | 1 | | husband | poison
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| Kimberly Ann McVay | 1 | | son | starved
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| Kimberly Martin | 3 | | son, daughter, husband | shot
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| Sylvia Martinez | 2 | | son, daughter, husband, self | shot
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| Rhonda Bell Martin | 6 (8) | 1 | mother, 2 husbands, 3 (5) children | poison
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| Brenda Maxey | 1 | | daughter | stabbed
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| Emeline Meaker | 1 | | family member | poison
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| Dianna Meeks | 1 | | son | starved
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| Debra Jean Milke | 1 | | child | shot, exposure
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| Evelyn Kay Miller | 1 | | foster son | shaken baby
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| Angela Hope Miller | 1 | | nephew | shaken baby
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| Blanche Taylor Moore | 5 | 1 | 2 husbands, father, mother-in-law, lover | poison
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| Sharon Nelson | 2 | | husbands |
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| Teresa Nelson | 1 | 1 | daughter | stabbed
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| Francis Elaine Newton | 3 | | husband 23, son 7, daughter 2 | shot
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| Stella Nickell | 2 | ? | husband, stranger | poison
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| Sandi Dawn Nieves | 4 | | daughters age 5, 7, 11, 12 | asphyxia (gas)
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| Nellie Nixon | 1 | | daughter | starved
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| Marie Noe | 8 | | children (hers) | smothering
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| Gaile Kirksey Owens | 1 | | husband | contract killing |
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| Yvonne Padron | 1 | | daughter | suffocated
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| Mary Perkins | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Shirley Phillips | 1 | | husband | burning bed
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| Martha Place | 1 | | stepdaughter | acid in face, smothered
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| Marilyn Plantz | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Annie Pollard | 1 | | son | burned
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| Renee Polreis | 1 | | adopted son | beaten
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| Marie Porter | 1 | | brother | contract killing
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| Amoret Powell | 1 | | daughter | heroin/breast milk
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| Lisa Price | 1 | | foster daughter | beaten
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| Jennifer Pyles | 1 | | daughter | suffocated
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| Rebecca Ramirez | 1 | | son | Withheld medication
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| Rashida | 4 | | children (hers) | meat cleaver
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| Elizabeth Reed | 1 | | husband | poison
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| Tanya Thaxton Reid | 1 | 2 | daughtor, son, neighbor child | suffocation (MSBP)
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| Tina Reid | 3 | | son, 2 daughters | drowning
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| Marcia Reinhold | 1 | | daughter | beaten, tortured
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| Vera Renczi | 35 | | husbands, lovers, son |
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| Martha Rendell | 3 | 1 | stepchildren | hydrochloric acid
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| Deborah Elizabeth Reynolds | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Christina Riggs | 2 | | children | poison, smothered
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| Maria Rivera | 1 | 1 | son, daughter | burned
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| Valessa Robinson | 1 | | mother | injection, stabbed
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| Esther Rodgers | 1 | | child |
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| Evonne Rodriquez | 1 | | son | strangled
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| Mary Rogers | 1 | | husband |
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| Darlie Routier | 2 | | children | stabbed
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| Robin Lee Rowe | 3 | | husband 34, son 10, daughter 8 | burned to death |
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| Mary Runkle | 1 (3) | | husband, children | strangled, drowned
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| Mary Ellen Samuels | 2 | | husband and hired killer | contract killing |
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| Brenda L. Schaffer | 1 | | son | beaten
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| Darcy Semler | 1 | | child (and self) | suffocated (poisoned)
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| Latonda Shannon | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Martha Sharp | 1 | | child |
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| Miranda Shaw | 3 | | daughter, 2 sons | burned
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| Lydia Sherman | 2 | ? | 3 husbands, 5 children, 2 stepchildren | poison
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| Caroline Shipp | 1 | | child |
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| Kelly Silk | 3 | 2 | husband, son, daughter | stabbed, burned
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| Frankie Silver | 1 | | husband | axe, dismembered
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| Paula Sims | 2 | 1 | daughters | suffocated
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| Pam Smart | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Rebecca Smith | 1 | | husband |
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| Shantela Smith | 1 | | daughter |
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| Shelia Smith | 1 | | son | poison
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| Susan Smith | 2 | | children | drowned
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| Ruth Snyder | 1 | | husband | bludgeoned
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| Denise Solero | 1 | | daughter | suffocated
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| Linda Solomon | 1 | | daughter | strangled
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| Heidi Sonnenberg | 1 | | daughter | suffocation & bleeding
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| Bathsheba Spooner | 1 | | husband | beaten, thrown into well
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| Delpha Spunaugle | 1 | | husband | beaten, strangled
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| Barbara Stager | 2 | | husbands | shot
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| Rose Marie Stinette | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Dorothy Talby | 1 | 1 | daughter | wrung her neck
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| Ann Tandy | 1 | | child |
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| Michelle Tate | 1 | | daughter | beaten
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| Renee Taylor | 1 | | daughter | smothered
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| Irina Tchouprina | 1 | | daughter | drowned
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| Lois Thacker | 1 | | husband | contract killing
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| Michelle Sue Tharp | 1 | | child | starvation
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| Catherine Thompson | 1 | | husband | contract killing |
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| Deborah Thompson | 1 | | daughter | injection
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| Marybeth Tinning | 8 | | children (hers) | smothered
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| Gail Trait | 4 | | children | stabbed
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| Joan Tribblet | 1 | | daughter | beaten/strangled
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| Lydia Trueblood | 6 | 1 | four husbands, son, brother-in-law | poison
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| Debra Sue Tuggle | 4 | | children (hers, fiance's) | suffocated, drowned
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| Lise Jane Turner | 3 | 2 (6) | children (hers and others) | smothered
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| Theresa R. Turner | 1 | | son | suffocated
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| Eliz. Van Valkenburgh | 2 | | husbands | poison
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| Maria Velten | 5 | | two husbands, father, aunt, lover | poison
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| Louise Vermilyea | 10 | | 2 husbands, 3 children (hers), stepson, friends | poison
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| Katrina Vincent | 1 | | daughter | starved
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| Amanda Wallace | 1 | | son | hanging
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| Jeanne Weber | 10+ | | children (hers and others) | strangled
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| Mary Weekly | 1 | | son | shaken, beaten
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| Rosemary West | 10 (18) | | daughter, step-daughter |
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| Velma West | 1 | | husband | hammer
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| Lorraine Alice Whyte | 1 | | husband | poison
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| Roselere Wilkenson | 1 | | stepdaughter | beaten
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| Rosa Wilkerson | 1 | | granddaughter | poisoned, smothered
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| Stella Williamson | 5 | | infants, presumably hers |
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| Elizabeth Wilson | 2 | | children |
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| Charlene Wise | 1 | | daughter | starvation, neglect
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| Martha Hasel Wise | 3 | (?) | mother, aunt, uncle | poison
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| Martha Woods | 7 | | children (hers and others) | suffocation
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| Pamela Worms | 1 | | husband | poison
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| Dora Wright | 1 | | stepdaughter |
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| Barbara Ann Wyrzykowski | 5 | | sons/daughters | carbon monoxide
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| Andrea Yates | 5 | | children (hers) | drowned
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| Caroline Young | 2 | | grandson 6, granddaughter 4 | stabbed |
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| Janice Young | 2 | 1 | children (hers) plus self | shot (murder/suicide)
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| Maggie Young | 5 | | children (hers) | drowned
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