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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1848 Mary May – Colchester, England – 14 children
1849 Rebecca Smith – Devizes, England – 8 newborns
1849 Rebecca Smith – Devizes, England – 8 newborns
1871 Ann Burns –
Wigan, Lancashire, England –3: step-f & 2 own babies
1877 Elizabeth Kirkbride – Liverpool, England – 8 own babies
1886 Mary Hart – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 13 own babies suspected
1888 Eva Micsik –
Csoka, Hungary; 8 own babies
1889 Sophie Von Mesko – “Lipes,” Hungary – 5 children & 1 husband?
1894 Martha Needle – Richmond,
Australia, 3 own babies, husband, fiancee’s brother
1906 Bridget Carey –
Centralia, Pa.; husband, 2 own babies, 2 boarders
1908 Grete Beyer –
Brand, Saxony (Germany), 4: husband & 3 babies
1908 Francesca Herrera (& husband Molina) – Seville, Spain – 18 babies
1914 “Edinburgh Serial Baby-Killing Mom” – Edinburgh, Scotland – 3 babies
1942 Dorothy Hahn – Adelaide, Australia – 3 babies
1908 Francesca Herrera (& husband Molina) – Seville, Spain – 18 babies
1914 “Edinburgh Serial Baby-Killing Mom” – Edinburgh, Scotland – 3 babies
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
1950 Juanita Louise Carr – Fossil, Oregon, USA – 3 victims
1950 Mrs. Schaub – Baltimore, Md. – 3 babies
1954 Elsie Rodgers – Burton-On-Trent, England – 3 babies
1969 Yvette Lelièvre – Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, France – with husb. André – 7 newborns
1969 Barbara Wilkinson – Wahroonga, Australia – 6 newborns
1969 Barbara Wilkinson – Wahroonga, Australia – 6 newborns
1969 Martha Woods –
Baltimore, Md. – 3 own babies, neph, nce, neighbor’s ch,
adopted son
1980 Stella
Williamson – Gallitzin, Pa. – 5 infants
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 Marybeth
Tinning – Schenectady, NY – 8 victims suspected
1987 Debbie Fornuto
(Deborah Gedzius) – Chicago, Il. – 6 own babies, 3 different fathers
1988 Myriam Marlein – Ostend, Belgium – 8 newborns (including twins)
1993 Kazuko Hatayama – Honjo, Japan – 8 newborns1989 Tammy Corbett – Carlinville, Illinois – 3 own babies
1989 Martha Ann
Johnson – Clayton County, Ga. –
3 victims
1990 Diane Lumbrera – Garden City, Ks. – 6 own babies
1991 Shavonda Charleston – Louisville, Ky. – 4
own babies
1993 Denise Dianna Buchanan – Washoe County,
Nevada – 3 own babies
1993 Gail Lynn
Savage – Waukegan, Il. – 3 children
1995 Filita
Mashilipa – Zambia – cannibal, witchcraft; 7 own babies
1995 Maxine Robinson
– Chester-le-Street, England – 3 own babies
1995 Claudette Kibble - Houston, Tx – 3 own babies
1996 Waneta Hoyt – Newark Valley, NY – 5 victims
1999 Marie Noe – Philadelphia, Pa. – 8 victims
2002 Gloria Jean
Greenfield – Warren, Ohio – 3 own babies
2002 “Toda Serial Killer Mother” – Toda, Japan –
6 newborns
2003 Kathleen
Folbigg – Mayfield, Australia – 6 victims: 4 own babies
2003 Diane O’Dell –
Rome, Pa. & NY – 4 own babies
2006 Chizuko Okamoto
– Hiratsuka, Japan – 4 children, 3 infants & daughter (19)
2005 Sabine
Hilschenz – Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany – 9 babies, flower pots
2006 Gertraud
Arzberger – Graz, Austria – 4 own babies
2006 Jolanta K. – Lublin, Poland – 5 newborns
2007 “Susann F.” – Plauen, Germany – 3 own children
2006 Jolanta K. – Lublin, Poland – 5 newborns
2007 “Susann F.” – Plauen, Germany – 3 own children
2007 Céline Lesage – Valognes, France – 6
newborns
2007 Shirley Winters
– Syracuse, NY – 2 babies + 5 other
babies susp
2008 Monika Halbe –
Wenden, Germany – 3 babies, freezer
2009 Veronique Courjault – Tours, France – 3 own
babies
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 own
babies
2010 “Geleen Serial
Killer Mother” – Geleen, Netherlands – 3 newborns
2010 Michele Kalina – Reading, Pa. – 5 newborns
2010 Sietske Hoekstra – Nij Beets, Friesland, Netherlands – 4 newborns
2010 Bernadette Quirk – St Helens, Merseyside, Eng. – 4 babies, claimed “stillborn”
2010 Bernadette Quirk – St Helens, Merseyside, Eng. – 4 babies, claimed “stillborn”
2012 “Husum
Baby-Killing Mother” – Husum (greater Flensburg), Germany – 5 babies
2012 Beata Z. –
Hipolitowo, Poland – 5 own babies
2013 Lucyna D. – Lubawa, Poland – 3 newborns
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2013 Lucyna D. – Lubawa, Poland – 3 newborns
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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
Fireplace – Mrs. Schaub
Flower pots – Sabine Hilschenz
Freezer – Monika Halbe; Veronique Courjault; Gertraud Arzberger, Lucyna D.
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)
Plastic case – “Toda Serial Killer Mother”
Shed – “Geleen Serial Killer
Mother”
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
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 own 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 own babies
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