FULL TEXT: Metz, June 1. -- A French woman named Barthian has been arrested in the village of Rittencourt, Lorraine, for keeping a baby farm. The bodies of 25 babies, many of whom had died by violence, and some who have been starved to death, were found in her back yard.
[“Baby Farmer Arrested,” The Ohio Democrat (Logan, Oh.), Jun. 10, 1893, p. 2]
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To learn more details about murderous child care providers in history, including baby farmers, adoption agents and baby sitters, see “Death on the Baby Farm,” by Robert St. Estephe, Female Serial Killer Index.
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For more cases of “Baby Farmers,” professional child care providers who murdered children see The Forgotten Serial Killers.
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