Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Marie Turniak, Serial Baby-Killer – 1912, Russia


FULL TEXT (Translated from German): Lviv, 20th of February. In Sokolniki [Russia], the 48-year-old Marie Turniak has been involved in the upbringing and education of small illegitimate children, who have been entrusted to their care in large numbers for 17 years. None of the children in her care had been raised, as all died in a short time. The police now discovered that Turniak had the children starved to quickly deliver them to the hereafter, and to have the money given to them for their care to be transferred to their private coffers. The angel-maker, which is already convicted of similar crimes, was taken to the criminal court.

[“An Angel-maker.” Czernowitzer Tagblatt (Czernowitz, Ukraine), 22. Februar 1912. p. 2]

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FULL TEXT: Lemberg, 20. Februar. – In Sokolniki [Russia] befaßt sich bereits seit 17 Jahren die 48jährige Marie Turniak mit der Auf- und Erziehung kleiner unehelicher Kinder, welche ihrer Fürsorge in großer Zahl anvertraut wurden. Keines der ihr anvertrauten Kinderist großezogen worden, da alle in kurzer Zeit starben. Die Polizei stellte nun fest, daß Turniak die Kinder eine Hungerkur durchmachen ließ, um dieselben auf diese Weise rasch ins Jenseits zu besördern und das ihr zur Erziehung der Pfleglinge übergebene Geld in ihre Privatkasse wandern zu lassen. Die Engelmacherin, welche wegen ähnlicher Verbrechen bereits vorbestraft ist, wurde dem Strafgerichte eingeliefert.

[“Eine Engelmacherin.” Czernowitzer Tagblatt (Czernowitz, Ukraine), 22. Februar 1912. p. 2]

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Sokolniki District, a district of Eastern Administrative Okrug in the federal city of Moscow

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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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