Velma Margie Barfield
Margie Velma Bullard Barfield , b. Margie Velma Bullard (born October 29, 1932 - November 2, 1984 ) was an American serial killer . She was the first woman to be executed by lethal injection in the United States after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 in North Carolina .
Velma Barfield poisoned two husbands, a life partner and four employers with arsenic . The first murder attributed to her was of her first husband. He died of smoke inhalation when the house burned. At the trial, she stated that she had killed all of the victims in order to finance their drug use. In prison she became a born again Christian . She is a co-author of the book "Woman on Death Row" and has turned down requests to delay the execution .
Web links
- Velma Barfield in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | Barfield, Velma Margie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barfield, Margie Velma Bullard (full name); Bullard, Margie Velma (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American serial killer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1932 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd November 1984 |