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Lavinia Fisher (c. 1793 – February 18, 1820) was an American criminal who, according to urban legends, was the first female serial killer in the United States of America. [1] She was married to John Fisher, and both were convicted of highway robbery —a capital offense at the time—not murder .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 January 2025. American serial killer (1956–2002) Aileen Wuornos Wuornos in 2002 Born Aileen Carol Pittman (1956-02-29) February 29, 1956 Rochester, Michigan, U.S. Died October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09) (aged 46) Florida State Prison, Florida, U.S. Cause of death Execution by lethal injection Other names ...
Margie Velma Barfield (née Bullard; October 29, 1932 – November 2, 1984) was an American serial killer who was convicted of one murder but eventually confessed to six murders in total. Barfield was the first woman in the United States to be executed after the 1976 resumption of capital punishment [1] and the first since 1962. [2]
Rodney was first found guilty of one murder in 1980 and sentenced to death, but the ruling was overturned in 1984 because jurors had been improperly informed of his sex crime history.
Female serial killers by nationality (15 C) A. American female murderers (1 C, 281 P) Argentine female murderers (2 P) ... Statistics; Cookie statement ...
Hulu's "Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer" shares 87-year-old Dr. Ann Burgess' story of working with victims of sexual assault, and how her research caught the attention of the FBI in the '70s ...
Belle Gunness, born Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth (November 11, 1859 [3] – possibly April 28, 1908), nicknamed Hell's Belle, [1] was a Norwegian-American serial killer who was active in Illinois and Indiana between 1884 and 1908. [1]
Known as America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos carried out a string of notorious and brutal murders along the dark highways of Florida in late 1989 and 1990.. A victim of child ...