Simrin Sood, Serial Killer- India, 2012

FULL TEXT (Article 1 of 2): Known as the lover and accomplice of Mumbai-based serial killer Vijay Palande, Sood had a hand in carrying out the two Das murders in Mumbai in 1998, after which Palande reportedly fled to Thailand to get a plastic surgery and forge a new identity. Then followed another two murders – of film producer Karankumar Kakkad and businessman Arun Tikku. Sood did the job of tricking unsuspecting men into the trap, helping him carry out a total of four reported murders, and who knows, maybe more. She had filed a discharge plea [request to be released on bail] in court in 2015. [Adapted from: Ronjinee Chattopadhyay, “Tales of 10 Female Serial Killers in India That Will Horrify You,” Scrolldroll, Feb 27, 2022]

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FULL TEXT (Article 2 of 2): Detectives are caught in a tangle of aliases in the Arun Tikku and Karan Kakkad double murder. Investigating the roles of serial killer Vijay Palande and his model-lover Simran Sood in the brutal crime, the police have been flummoxed by the 'names-dropping' in the case.

On Monday, the police learnt that Simran was actually Seema Surendarnath Dosanz, an arts graduate from Ludhiana. Alleged to be Palande's first wife, she arrived in Mumbai in the late 1990s for a career in the film industry.

Earlier it was suspected that Palande's sister in Delhi had a daughter called Simran and the family disowned her when she ran away to Mumbai to try her luck in the film industry.

Police officials said Simran has been a slippery customer - extremely calculative, plays with words and methodically hides personal details.

The police said she had undergone several cosmetic surgeries in the US and Dubai to look younger.

'She is obsessed with her looks and the surgeries helped her hide her identity. We are trying to find her family, but so far have had no luck. She has not revealed much about her family either. All she is worried about is that she may not get any job offers now,' an officer said.

This new twist in the tale came to light after hotshot stockbroker Gautam Vora, who after his arrest said he didn't know that it was gangster Palande he was helping as he mistook him for a man he knew as Karan Sood, brother of his 'close friend' Simran.

Vora had said Simran called him seeking help for her 'brother in trouble' and that he was not aware that she and Palande were involved in a crime.

'Vora said he was told that Sood (who was actually Palande) needed to urgently reach Thailand,' a Mumbai crime branch official said.

The police said the stockbroker had checked Palande into south Mumbai's Hotel Godwin to freshen up before the latter's flight to Thailand. But the gangster was arrested before he could flee.

Later, Simran was also taken into custody for assisting Palande when he hacked 28- year-old Bollywood producer Karan Kakkad to pieces in his swanky Oberoi Springs apartment to get hold of his BMW car and credit cards. They were also accused of killing 67-year-old Delhi-based businessman Arun Tikku to usurp his property in Mumbai.

 The police said the gangster was known to have used the name Karan Sood to hide his real identity or befriend potential targets.

 The picture will hopefully be clearer when the police get to talk to Palande's German wife Nivis Ligenza. But the trouble is she is out of India.

[Aditi Raja, “Simran Sood ties police in knots over her aliases claiming her real name is in fact Seema Surendarnath Dosanz,” Daily Mail India, May 1, 2012]

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Perps: Simrin Sood (Seema Surendarnath Dosanz); Palande Vijay (VIijay), (aka Karan Sood).

Jan. 17, 1998 - Anup Das murdered.

Feb. 1998 - Swaraj Ranjan Das (55) murdered. Swaraj and his son Anup, a resident of Juhu, were killed a week apart.

2002 or 2003 - Palande Vijay convicted of murdering Swaraj Ranjan Das. “

2002? - Palande Vijay jumped parole, fled to Thailand to get a plastic surgery and forge a new identity

2012 - Karankumar Kakkad (28) murdered, hacked to pieces.

2012 - Arun Tikku (67) murdered.

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Catherine Trianon, Fortune Teller / Serial Killer – France, 1679

 

Wikipedia: Catherine Trianon, née Boule, called La Trianon (1627 - 6 May 1681), was a French fortune teller, widely known for her involvement in the famous Poison Affair. She along with other colleagues were responsible for the attempted assassination of the king Louis XIV of France in 1679.

Catherine Trianon, was a widow and a professional fortune teller. She was considered to be one of the most important associates of La Voisin, but also a personal friend and confidante. La Trianon managed her business with her partner, La Doddée, who was also her lover in a homosexual relationship. Trianon was described by her colleagues as very well educated. She had a reception room that contained a human skeleton, which was said to be a pious reminder of mortality.

In 1679, Madame de Montespan commissioned La Voisin to murder King Louis XIV of France. It was at the home of Trianon that La Voisin conspired with the help of her lovers, Bertrand and Romani. As a friend, Trianon tried to convince La Voisin to abandon the plan, even making up a horoscope to warn her that it would be a mistake, but did not succeed. The group decided that the King should be poisoned by a petition. On March 5, 1679, La Voisin's first attempt at poisoning the King failed; she planned to meet with Trianon on March 12, 1679, to plan the next attempt but was arrested before anything conspired. Shortly after Voison’s arrest, in the month of May 1679, Trianon was arrested.

Upon her arrest, authorities found 25 "manuscript volumes on the occult sciences" in her house.

In August 1680, after the execution of La Voisin in February, the connection between La Voisin, Montespan, and the plan to assassinate the King was revealed by her daughter, Marguerite Monvoisin, who on October 9, 1680, also confirmed the statements made by Adam Lesage in August of child sacrifice at the black masses. After her statements about Montespan and child sacrifice were confirmed by Francoise Filastre on October 1, 1680 and Etienne Guibourg on October 10th, Trianon, who had been personally involved in the attempt, also confirmed the statement. Catherine Trianon committed suicide in Château de Vincennes.

Catherine Trianon is given a fairly large portrayal in a novel by Judith Merkle Riley: The Oracle Glass (1994)

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For more cases of this type, see: Occult Female Serial Killers

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Teresa Palko – Serial Killer – Serbia, 1905

FULL TEXT: (Translated from Hungarian) – We have already mentioned the sensational poison-mixing case in Peterréve . As is reported from Szabadkáról, the investigation is becoming more widespread. Recently, four dead mourners were dug up. One of these, according to the testimony of sinners, was taken underfoot 17 years ago. The inner parts of the bulls were sent to the National Institute of Chemistry in Budapest. During the investigation, most guilty women make broken and repentant confessions. so then even the previously secret cases came to light. Notably, István Sinkovits was also arrested this week, who, with the help of Mrs. István Salgó's mercenary, poisoned her husband with slowly killing fly powder. The poisoned husband felt horrible torments and because he could not get rid of them, he committed suicide in despair. At the time, they could not give an explanation for the suicide of the wealthy man, now then the secrets were revealed. The gendarmerie also arrested Ms. Anna István Gór Király, who is being trampled by the ugly accusation of angel-making, on the basis of confessions. Who knows how many little soul killers this woman stripped of human feeling. The “Mari Jáger” from Péterréve, called Teresa Palkó, wanted to escape the earthly justice and drank five servings of half-gram sublimit lozenges. She became seriously ill, yet still survived.

[“The poison mixers in Peterréve.” (“A péterrévei méregkeverők.”), Pesti Hirlap (Budapest, Hungary), May 17, 1905, p. 10]

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FULL TEXT (Translated from Hungarian): The Novi Sad jury resumed today and ended the trial of the poison mixers in Péterréve, which began yesterday, at seven in the evening. During the investigation, Ms. Mibály Márkus, Ms. Jójsef Pörhe and Mrs. Ferenc Boldizsár admitted to poison mixing. At the final hearing the latter two withdrew the confession. After the charges against them could not be proved with regard to the crimes committed several years ago, prosecutor Antal Meszlényi dropped the charge and the accused were released. Márkus was charged by the prosecutor with murder. Dr. Barta Eélix after a lawyer's speech, jurors found him guilty of homicide, before the court, presided over by Lajos Ringhoffer, sentenced Márkus to life in prison. Defendant appealed, and counsel filed a nullity complaint.

[“Poison-mixers at Péterrével.” (“A péterrével méregkeverök.”), Budapest Hirlap (Budapest, Hungary), Mar. 22, 1906, p. 15]

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Péterréve – Bačko Petrovo Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Бачко Петрово Село; Hungarian: Péterréve, German: Batschko Petrovo Selo) is a village located in the Bečej Municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,318 people (2002 census).

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FULL TEXT: Már bárom Ízben is megemlékeztünk a péterrévei monstre- mérgezési ügyről. Mint Szabadkáról irj ák, a vizsgálat mind szélesebb mederben folyik. Legutóbb négy halott sirját ásták föl. Egyikét ezeknek, a bűnösök vallomása szerint, 17 év előtt tették el láb alól. A bullák belső részeit felküldötték Budapestre az országos vegyészeti intézetbe. A vizsgálat során a legtöbb bűnös asszony megtört és bűnbánó vallomást tesz. így azután az eddig még titokban volt esetek is napfényre kerültek. Nevezetesen letartóztatták e héten Sinkovits Istvánnét is, aki Salgó Istvánné béresnéje segítségével lassan ölő légyvesztő porral mérgezte meg urát. A megmérgezett férj iszonyú kínokat érzett és mert nem tudott azoktól szabadulni, kétségbeesésében öngyilkossá lett. Akkoriban nem tudták magyarázatát adni a jómódban levő ember öngyilkosságának, most azután világosság derült a titokra. Ugyancsak letartóztatta a csendőrség a vallomások alapján Király Istvánné Gór Anna asszonyt is, akit pedig az angyalcsinálás ocsmány vádja nyom. Ki tudja hány kis lélek megölője ez az emberi érzésből kivetkőzött asszony. A péterrévei „Jáger Mari“, akit Palkó Teréznek hívnak, menekülni akart a földi igazságszolgáltatástól s öt adag fél grammos szublimit pasztillát ivott meg. Nagy kint állott ki. de mégis életben maradt.

[“A péterrévei méregkeverők.” Pesti Hirlap (Budapest, Hungary), May 17, 1905, p. 10]

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FULL TEXT: Az újvidéki esküdtbiróság ma folytatta és este hétkor befejezte a péterrévei méregkeverök dolgában tegnap megkezdett tárgyalást. A vizsgálat során Márkus Mibályné, Pörhe Jójsefné és Boldizsár Ferencné beismerte a méregkeverést; a végiárgyaláson a két utóbbi, visszavonta a beismerést. Miután a több év előtt történt bűntettekben nem lehetett a vádat rájuk bizonyítani, Meszlényi Antal ügyész a vádat elejtette, mire a vádlottakat szabadlábra helyezték. Márkusnét az ügyész gyilkossággal vádolta. Barta Eélix dr. ügyvéd beszéde után az esküdtek férjgyilkosságban bűnösnek találták, mire a bíróság Ringhoffer Lajos elnöklésével Márkusnét életfogytig tartó fegyházra ítélte. A vádlott fölebbezett, a védő semmiségi panaszt jelentett be.

[“A péterrével méregkeverök.” Budapest Hirlap (Budapest, Hungary), Mar. 22, 1906, p. 15]

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For more than two dozen similar cases, dating from 1658 to 2011, see the summary list with links see: The Husband-Killing Syndicates 

 

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