August 13.2C 1901 .28Tuesday.29 August 1901
jolly jane toppan
serial killer jane toppan claimed last victim, death of minnie davis gibbs. during summer of 1901, nurse nicknamed jolly jane because of cheerful disposition had come work davis family in boston, , within space of 6 weeks, minnie s mother, father , 2 sisters had passed away. when minnie died, cause of death listed exhaustion , blamed on grief losing family, father-in-law suspicious , sought of dr. edward s. wood of harvard university s college of medicine. minnie s body exhumed autopsy, show high levels of arsenic, morphine , atropine, , toppan arrested on october 29.
^ jane toppan , in z encyclopedia of serial killers, harold schechter (simon , schuster, 2012) p283
^ katherine ramsland, human predator: historical chronicle of serial murder , forensic investigation (penguin, 2013)
^ peter vronsky, female serial killers: how , why women become monsters (penguin, 2007) p131
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