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Prevalence of female serial killers

Prevalence of female serial killers. Females account for only 15% of all violent crime Female serial killers account for only 8% of American serial killers Among all the female serial killers worldwide, American females account for 76%!. MALE: Method of choice: Stabbing Strangulation

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Prevalence of female serial killers

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  1. Prevalence of female serial killers • Females account for only 15% of all violent crime • Female serial killers account for only 8% of American serial killers • Among all the female serial killers worldwide, American females account for 76%!

  2. MALE: Method of choice: Stabbing Strangulation Shooting Choice of victim: Wide range, often strangers Usually of same race as killer Usually adults FEMALE: Method of choice: Poison/injection (80%) Suffocation (16%) Drowning (5%) Choice of victim: Family members or lovers Often children or the elderly Gets away with it for a longer period of time! Contrasting the male and female

  3. Median length of killing period, in years

  4. Types of female serial killers: • Black widow • Angel of death • Revenge • Murder for profit • Sexual predator

  5. 33-year-old prostitute Killed 7 men in Florida Method: shooting Confessed to six murders, but claimed self-defense in all Sentenced to death and recently executed Sexual predator: Aileen Wuornos

  6. Black Widow: Vera Renczi • Active throughout her adult life • Motive: Jealousy; inability to deal with rejection • Method: Poison (arsenic) • Victims: 2 husbands, 1 son, 32 lovers • Police found 35 zinc-lined coffins in her wine cellar! • Sentenced to life in prison

  7. Black Widow: Diana Lumbrera • Born in Texas, 1957 • Active killer, 1977 to 1990 • Murdered six of her own children • Method: Strangulation and suffocation • Motive: Profit from life insurance policies • Sentenced to life in prison

  8. Angel of Death: Terri Rachals

  9. Angel of Death: Terri Rachals • Born in 1962 • Active from 1985 to 1986 • Nurse, attacked victims between the ages of 3 and 89 • Method: Injections of potassium chloride • Motive: ego, control • Acquitted of murder; sentenced to 17 years in prison for aggravated assault

  10. Angel of Death: Genene Jones

  11. Angel of Death: Genene Jones • Born 1951 • Active 1978 to 1982 • Number of victims unknown; believed to be responsible for at least 11 murders and possibly as many as 46 • Victims were all children and babies • Method: lethal injection • Motive: ego, power, control

  12. Revenge killer: Martha Wise • The “Borgia of America” • Born 1885, active in 1925 • Murdered three members of her own family: mother, aunt, uncle • Method: Poison (arsenic) • Motive: Revenge for her family’s opposition to her marriage • Sentenced to life in prison

  13. Murder for Profit: Madame Popova • Born in Russia in the 1800s • Active from 1879 to 1909 • Confessed to the murder of over 300 men • Method: Poison • Motive: Popova ran a business that would “liberate” married women from their cruel husbands, for a modest fee • Arrested in 1909 and executed by firing squad

  14. Born in 1963 Active 1980 to 1982 Murdered at least 5 children and 1 elderly man Method: suffocation Motive unexplained Sentenced to life in prison; eligible for parole in 2007 Unexplained: Christine Falling

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