Serial Baby-Killing Moms

This list is restricted to those female serial killers who focused their homicidal attention on the murdering of their own babies. Many serial killer mothers murdered older children (as well as step-children and child relatives), but these cases are not included here.

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1st c BC  Laodice of Cappadocia – Kingdom of Pontus, Anatolia; 5 sons poisoned
1609    Jane Hattersley – East Grinstead, Sussex, England –

1638    Linda Downes – Colchester, Essex, England –

1750    (Finland:10 cases, 1750-1896) (names yet to be collected and added)

1780s   Queen Ideah – Kingdom of Tahiti – 3 babies

1789    “Vanaja Serial Baby-Killing Mother” – Vanaja, Finland – 3 babies

1816    Susannah Holroyd – England – 5 infants (plus husband) murdered

1819    Ane Nielsdatter – Copenhagen, Denmark – 5 or 6 children
1842    Frances Bennett – Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England – 6 newborns

1848    Mary May – Colchester, England – 14 children
1849    Rebecca Smith – Devizes, England – 8 newborns

1850s  Allie Belchie – Lintlaw, Buncle Parish, Scotland –

1854    Marie Gagey – Arnay-sous-Vitteaux, France; 2 children (& 3-4 adults)

1854    Pamela Myers (alias Snyder) – Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pa., USA –
1861    Ane Cathrine Andersdatter – Rødovre Mark, Denmark – 3
1869    Mrs. Wahle – Jacksonville, Illinois – 3

1871    Ann Burns – Wigan, Lancashire, England –3: step-f & 2 babies

1875    Marie Bouriant – Ainay-le-Vieil, France; 5 babies murdered
1875    Sophie Gautié Bouyou – Cahors, France – 7 murders suspected
1877    Elizabeth Kirkbride – Liverpool, England – 8 babies

1878    Anne-Marie Guemuchot – Chapelle-Saint-Saveur, France – 3 babies
1879    Marie Bleirs – Vienna, Austria –
1883    Madame Roger – France; New Caledonia – 3 babies

1886    Mary Hart – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 13 babies suspected

1887    Miss Ross – Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada – 3 babies

1887    Eva Micsik Romhanyi – Csoka, Serbia

1889    Sophie von Mesko – Lipov, Slovakia – 5 children & 1 husband?
1893    Lady Blanche Diarne – near Bucharest, Romania

1894    Martha Needle – Richmond, Australia – 3 babies, husband, fiancee’s brother

1906    Bridget Carey – Centralia, Pa. – husband, 2 babies, 2 boarders

1908    Grete Beyer – Brand, Saxony (Germany) – 4: husband & 3 babies
1908    Marie Dubois – Saint-Christophe-de-Valins, France

1908    Goehlenau Serial Baby-Killing Mom – Wrocław, Silesia, Poland – 8 babies
1908    Francesca Herrera (& husband Molina) – Seville, Spain – 18 babies

1908    Frau Wimmer – Achdorf, Germany – 12 own babies; plus adopted babies

1909    Marie Wewerka – Hoch Aujeza, Bohemia (Czech) –
1912    Andrina-Eglantine Fortin Couturier – Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon, France – 3 babies
1913    Ida Leckwold – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

1914    “Edinburgh Serial Baby-Killing Mom” – Edinburgh, Scotland – 3 babies
1920    Louise Galant – Liege, Belgium

1923    Albertina Blomqvist – Stockholm, Sweden – 6 children
1928    Marguerite Martine – Chambery, France –
1929    Ethel Lewis & Okal Gorham – Eau Claire, Michigan – 7 babies
1931    Camille Tournie – Saint Sauveur, France – (unmarried) 7 newborns
1933    Pauline Yatchuk – Angusville, Manitoba, Canada –

1935    Clemence Thoulier – Château Gontier, France –

1942    Dorothy Hahn – Adelaide, Australia – 3 babies
1943    Bernice Williams – Denver, Co. – 3 newborns

1950    Juanita Louise Carr – Fossil, Oregon, USA – 3 victims
1950    Mrs. Schaub – Baltimore, Md. – 3 babies
1953    Eunice Brillart  – Asmara, Eritrea / USA – 3 children
1953    Josephine Ellen Molloy – Maryborough, Queensland, Australia – 3 babies

1954    Elsie Rodgers – Burton-On-Trent, England – 3 babies
1955    Flora Maxine Barnett – Peru, Indiana, USA – 4 babies
1958    Line Schaeffer – Rotterdam, Netherlands – 4 newborns

1963    Virginia Hill – Falmouth, Kentucky – 3 babies (and possibly 2 others)

1969    Yvette Lelièvre – Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, France – with husb. André – 7 newborns
1969    Barbara Wilkinson – Wahroonga, Australia – 6 newborns

1969    Martha Woods – Baltimore, Md. – 3 babies, neph, nce, neighbor’s ch, adopt. son –

1970    Marie-Antoinette Thien – Gigny, Essone, France –

1971    Valerie Ridyard – Bolton (Greater Manchester), England –
1980    Stella Williamson – Gallitzin, Pa. – 5 infants

1983    Rolande Leymarie – Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière, Corrèze, France – 7

1984    Debra Sue Tuggle – Little Rock, Ark. – 4 victims

1984    Lisa Jane Turner – Christchurch, N. Zealand – 2 babies, 1 other baby, 4 other attempts
1986    Ann Green – New York, New York, USA – 2 & 1 attempt

1987 – Rosita Garnier – Blois, Loir-et-Cher dept., Centre-Val de Loire, France – 3

1986    Marybeth Tinning – Schenectady, NY – 8 victims suspected

1987    Debbie Fornuto (Deborah Gedzius) – Chicago, Illinois, USA – 6 babies, 3 different fathers

1988    Myriam Marlein – Ostend, Belgium – 8 newborns (including twins)
1992    Diane Spencer – Wayland, Michigan & Clearfield, Pa – 3 babies

1993    Kazuko Hatayama – Honjo, Japan – 8 newborns
1989    Tammy (Eveans) Corbett – Brighton, Illinois – son (3) & 2 babies

1989    Martha Ann Johnson – Clayton County, Ga. – 4 chn (infant, 2 toddlers, 11-yo)

1990    Diane Lumbrera – Garden City, Ks. – 6 babies

1991    Shavonda Charleston – Louisville, Kentucky, USA – 4 babies

1993    Gail Lynn Savage – Waukegan, Il. – 3 children

1995    Filita Mashilipa – Zambia – cannibal, witchcraft – 7 babies

1995    Miyko Mikami – Kashiwa, Japan – 10 babies died

1995    Maxine Robinson – Ouston, County Durham, England – 3 babies

1995    Claudette Kibble - Houston, Tx – 3 babies

1995    Elizabeth K. Shanklin – Buffalo, Indiana – 3
1996    Waneta Hoyt – Newark Valley, NY – 5 victims
1997    Denise Dianna Buchanan – Sun City, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
1999    Darcie Jo Baum – Orem, Utah – 4 newborns
1999    Antje Krűger (Krueger), ("Antje Sch.") – Mühltroff, Germany –

1999    Marie Noe – Philadelphia, Pa. – 8 victims
2000    Alison Johnson – Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England – 2 or 3 victims

2002    Gloria Jean Greenfield – Warren, Ohio – 3 babies

2002    “Toda Serial Killer Mother” – Toda, Japan – 6 newborns

2003    Christine Feudé – Tinténiac, Ille-et-Villaine, France – 4 newborns.

2003    Kathleen Folbigg – Mayfield, Australia – 6 victims: 4 babies

2003    Jolanta K. – Lublin, Poland – 5 newborns
2003    Diane Odell – Rome, Pa. & NY – 4 babies

2006    Chizuko Okamoto – Hiratsuka, Japan – 4 children, 3 infants & daughter (19)

2006    Marinette Pezin – Contres, Loir-et-Cher, France –

2005    Sabine Hilschenz – trial: Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany – 9 babies, flower pots

2006    Gertraud Arzberger – Graz, Austria – 4 babies
2007    Susann F. – Plauen, Germany – 3 children

2007    Monika Halbe – Wenden-Möllmicke, Germany – 3 babies, freezer
2007    Céline Lesage – Valognes, France – 6 newborns
2007    Virginie Labrosse - Albertville, Savoie, France –

2007    Antonie Stašková (Staskova) – Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic – 1 toddler, 2 babies

2007    Shirley Winters – Syracuse, NY – 2 babies + 5 other babies suspected 
2009    Veronique Courjault – Tours, France – 3 babies

2009    Harsimrat “Simmi” Kahlon – Calgary, Canada – 3 babies

2009    Rachel Lynette New – Tarrant County, Texas, USA – 3

2009    “Ota Ward Tokyo Serial Killer Mother” – Ota Ward, Tokyo, Japan – 4 babies

2010    Meredith Katharine Borowiec – Calgary, Canada – 3 newborns, 1 survived

2010    Dominique Cottrez – Villers-au-Tertre, France – 8 babies

2010    Anita C. – Geleen, Limburg Province, Netherlands – 3 newborns

2010    Michele Kalina – Reading, Pa. – 5 newborns

2010    Sietske Hoekstra – Nij Beets, Friesland, Netherlands – 4 newborns

2012    Annika H. – Husum (greater Flensburg), Germany – 5 babies
2012    Beata Z. – Hipolitowo, Poland – 5 babies

2012    Veeramma – Rajendra Nagar, Delhi, India – 4 babies

2013    Audrey C. – Ain, Lyon, Ambérieu, France – 3 newborns
2013    Lucyna D. – Lubawa, Poland – 3 newborns
2013    Chiemi Tonuma – Ota Ward, Tokyo, Japan – 3 babies

2014    “Vlasatice Serial Baby-Killing Mom” – Vlasatice, Czech Republic –

2014    Andrea Giesbrecht – Winnipeg, Canada – 6 babies
2014    Megan Huntsman – Pleasant Grove, Utah – 6 newborns

2014    Angeline Mabhiza – Zimbabwe – 2 newborns, 2 children; 1 other child

2014    Erika Murray – Blackstone, Ma. – 3 newborns
2014    “Oulu Serial Killer Mother” – Oulu, Finland – 5 newborns

2015    Anna Dusikova – Břeclavsko, Lower Dunajovice, Czech Republic –
2015    Andrea Göppner (Goeppner) – Wallenfels, Bavaria, Germany –

2015    Ramona Hernandez-Canete – Louchats, Gironde, France –

2015    Brittany Pilkington – Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA – 3 children

2017    “Lorient Mother” – Lorient, Morbihan Dept., Brittany, France – 3 newborns

2017    “Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Mother” – Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Montreal, Canada – 3 newborns

2018    Nancy Moronez – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – 3 babies: 1 own, 2 babysitting.

2018   Shannon Dawn Rayner – Charlottwtown, Canada –
2019   Sylvie Horning – Petit-Landau, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France –
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Disposal of the Murdered Babies’ Corpses

Arsenic – Rebecca Smith

Attic – Sietske Hoekstra

Buckets filled with Concrete – Gertraud Arzberger

Bury in garden – Yvette Lelièvre

Cardboard Boxes – Chizuko Okamoto (with plastic bags)

Cooler – Michele Kalina (storage closet)

“Containers” – Michele Kalina (storage closet; plastic bags, one encased in concrete)

Dumpster – Meredith Katharine Borowiec
Fireplace – Mrs. Schaub

Flower pots – Sabine Hilschenz

Freezer – Monika Halbe; Veronique Courjault; Gertraud Arzberger, Lucyna D., Audrey C.

Incinerate – Yvette Lelièvre

Paper packages – Elizabeth Kirkbride

Plastic Bags – Céline Lesage (stored in basement); Dominique Cottrez (black trash bags); “Toda Serial Killer Mother” (5 in plastic bag and one in a plastic case); Myiam Marlein (dispose of bags at supermarket)

Plastic case – “Toda Serial Killer Mother”

Shed – “Geleen Serial Killer Mother”
Shoe Boxes  – Megan Huntsman

Steamer trunk – Stella Williamson

Storage Boxes – “Husum Baby-Killing Mother”

Storage shed – Diane O’Dell

Stable, cellar & attic – Beata Z.

Suitcases – “Geleen Serial Killer Mother” (in attic); Susann F. (in attic)
Wardrobe (with air freshener) – Bernadette Quirk

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Classification: (“SIDS” (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), “Crib Death”)

1969    Martha Woods (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

1984    Debra Sue Tuggle

1984    Lisa Jane Turner

1986    Marybeth Tinning

1987    Debbie Fornuto

1989    Martha Ann Johnson

1991    Shavonda Charleston

1993    Denise Dianna Buchanan

1993    Gail Lynn Savage

1996    Waneta Hoyt (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

1999    Marie Noe

2002    Gloria Jean Greenfield

2003    Kathleen Folbigg (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

2007    Shirley Winters

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Classification: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

1969    Martha Woods (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

1990    Diane Lumbrera – Garden City, Ks. – 6 babies

1996    Waneta Hoyt (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

2003    Kathleen Folbigg (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

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Accused but Cleared of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

1998    Sally Clark – Manchester, England – conviction overturned; 2 children died

2002 – Trupti Patel – Berkshire, England – acquitted in 2003; 3 children died

2002 – Angela Cannings – England – conviction overturned 2003; 3 children died

Kept Diary Describing the Murders

1889    Sophie Von Mesko – “Lipes,” Hungary – 5 children & 1 husband?

2003    Kathleen Folbigg – Mayfield, Australia – 6 victims: 4 babies

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SEE MORE: Female Serial Killer Collections

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[7505-8/11/20]

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