Laura Heinz, Serial Baby-Killer – Hungary, 1899

FULL TEXT: In Gran, it is reported that 18-year-old educator Laura Heinz, the daughter of a wealthy middle-class family, was arrested on Saturday because there is reasonable suspicion that she was supervising the two children of Count Hadik-Barkoczy, who had suddenly died in the previous year she was entrusted to have poisoned. The girl denies, but it has already been established that she also murdered her own illegitimate child two years ago.

[“A Female Poisoner.” (“Eine Giftmischerin.”), Vorarlberger Tagblatt (Voralberg, Austria), Jun. 7, 1899, p. 3]

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FULL TEXT: In Gran wurde am Samstag, wie man berichtet, die 18jährige Erzieherin Laura Heinz, die Tochter einer wohlhabendden Bürgerfamilie verhaftet, da der begründete Verdacht vorliegt, daß sie die im Vorjahre plötzlich verstorbenen beiden Kinder des Grafen Hadik-Barkoczy, mit deren Beaufsichtigung sie betraut war, vergiftet habe. Das Mädchen leugnet, doch wurde bereits festgestellt, daß es vor zwei Jahren ihr eigenes uneheliches Kind gleichfalls ermordet habe.

[“Eine Giftmischerin.” Vorarlberger Tagblatt (Voralberg, Austria), Jun. 7, 1899, p. 3]

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Count Endre Hadik-Barkóczy de Futak et Szala (1 November 1862 – 4 March 1931) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Magnates between 1917 and 1918.

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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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