SIDS & Female Serial Killers

17 “SIDS” serial killer cases:

Alphabetical order:

Beverly Allitt

Denise Buchanan

Tammy Corbett

Gail Cutro (nurse)

Kathleen Folbigg

Deborah Fornuto

Waneta Hoyt

Martha Ann Johnson

Helen Patricia Moore

Marie Noe

Diane Odell

Gail Savage

Elizabeth Shanklin

Marybeth Tinning

Debra Sue Tuggle

Lise Jane Turner

Shirley Winters

Martha L. Woods

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1969 – Martha L. Woods – Aberdeen, Maryland, USA

1980 – Helen Patricia Moore – Fullwood Place, Claymore, Australia

1984 – Lise Jane Turner – Christchurch, New Zealand

1984 – Debra Sue Tuggle – Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

1986 – Marybeth Tinning – Schenectady, New York, USA

1987 – Debbie Fornuto (Deborah Gedzius) – Chicago, Illinois, USA

1989 – Tammy Corbett – Brighton, Illinois, USA

1989 – Martha Ann Johnson – Clayton County, Georgia, USA

1991 – Beverly Allitt – Grantham, England

1993 – Gail Savage – Waukegan, Illinois, USA

1994 – Gail Cutro – Irmo, South Carolina, USA

1995 – Elizabeth Shanklin – Buffalo, Indiana, USA

1996 – Waneta Hoyt – Newark Valley, New York, USA

1997 – Denise Dianna Buchanan – Sun City, Washoe County, Nevada, USA

1999 – Marie Noe – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2003 – Kathleen Folbigg – Mayfield, Australia

2003 – Diane Odell – Rome, Pennsylvania & New York, USA

2007 – Shirley Winters – New York state, USA

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SIDS

~ Origin of the SIDS concept and term:

“The term sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was first used in 1969 at an international conference on the causes of sudden death in infants.” Bergman AB, Beckwith JB, Ray CG, Keiter MD. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Causes of Sudden Death in Infants. Seattle, Wash:.:University of Washington Press; 1970; Stephen M. Adams, MD; Matthew W. Good, MD; And Gina M. Defranco, DO, “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,” Am Fam Physician. 2009 May 15;79(10):870-874.]

~ Description of SIDS:

Mayo Clinic: “Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old. SIDS is sometimes known as crib death because the infants often die in their cribs. Although the cause is unknown, it appears that SIDS might be associated with defects in the portion of an infant's brain that controls breathing and arousal from sleep. Researchers have discovered some factors that might put babies at extra risk. They've also identified measures you can take to help protect your child from SIDS. Perhaps the most important is placing your baby on his or her back to sleep.” AKA: “cot death,” “crib death,” “SUDI ("sudden unexpected infant deaths").”

Influential book on DIDS and Female Serial Killer phenomenon:

Richard Firstman Jamie Talan, The Death of Innocents, Bantam Books, Sep. 2, 1997 (Waneta Hoyt case)

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