Marie Noe -- Philadelphia, 1949-68 


Noe was 77 when she finally pleaded guilty to eight counts of 
second-degree murder in 1999. She admitted to smothering her 
infant children over a 19-year period in one of the largest 
cases of maternal filicide ever recorded. She was sentenced 
to 20 years' probation. Noe had a long and documented case of 
mental illness. 

8 of 10 children, one adopted.  19 years.  SIDS.


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/drownings/957431

http://www.phillymag.com/Archives/1998April/noes.html