Amelia Dyer
Amelia Elizabeth Dyer , née Hobley (born in Bristol in 1837 ; died in London on June 10, 1896 ) was a British foster mother and serial killer . Dyer was charged with a variety of child murders : 200 to 400 victims were suspected; but only some proven.
Dyer took in children from across the country for a fee from single mothers, allegedly to raise them near London. However, the children soon perished, including from neglect and strangulation . Dyer kept the money and could use it for himself.
Following a tip from a doctor about four children who had died in her care, she received a prison sentence of six months in 1879 for child neglect. From this she drew the consequence not to report the death of the children any more.
A turnaround brought a bundle with a child's corpse that was found on March 30, 1896 in the Thames . An address on the packing paper led the police to a lead.
Dyer was convicted at the Old Bailey and executed by hanging in Newgate Prison . The scandal tightened the law, but did not end child trafficking .
Web links
- Unwanted children were a lucrative source of income - 'baby farming' and 'angel makers' saved women from social exclusion . Info from the Museum for Contraception and Abortion , Vienna.
literature
- Alison Rattle, Allison Vale: Amelia Dyer: Angel Maker. Verlag Andre Deutsch, 2007, ISBN 978-0-233-00224-8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dyer, Amelia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dyer, Amelia Elizabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British serial killer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bristol |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1896 |
| Place of death | London |