March 8, 2010Turku, FinlandKatariina Pantila (28; formerly Katariina Hyttinen and Katariina Lönnqvist) is found dead in her cell In 2007, Pantila was at a family gathering, during which time an 8-month-old relative was injected with a potentially fatal dose of insulin. The baby was taken to a hospital for treatment and recovered. Days later, a…
Man dies 3 days after drinking poisoned milk
February 27, 1941Memphis, TennesseeWalter Lewis Samples (69) dies after drinking poisoned milk Samples found a delivery of milk on his porch on February 24, 1941. He was confused by its presence as he had not ordered milk for that day, and it was from a different dairy farm than the one he was typically delivered.…
Man poisons boarder to prevent him from reporting abuse against 12-year-old
February 23, 1869Richmond, VirginiaAlbert Tyler poisons a boarder who was going to report his abuse of his stepdaughter Albert Tyler (referred to as Andrew in at least one article) lived with his stepchildren after the death of their mother, the oldest of whom was around 12 years of age. Tyler soon opened his home to…
Suspected serial killer “Flypaper Lyda” Shaw dies of a heart attack
February 5, 1958Salt Lake City, UtahConvicted murderer and suspected serial killer Lyda Trueblood Shaw dies of a heart attack On May 12, 1921, the recently-married 27-year-old Lyda Southard was arrested in Hawaii on the suspicion of killing her fourth husband, Edward Meyer. Meyer had died suddenly after he, Lyda, and a farmhand named Bill Squires…
Man kills his wife with antifreeze and battery acid
December 4, 2006Near Bethany, MissouriAnna Yoder Borntreger (26) dies, ostensibly from liver problems Anna’s death, while sudden, was not presumed to have been foul play, primarily because she had been ill for a short while prior to her death. Some of her family had their suspicions, however. “They felt that maybe it wasn’t actually a…
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