Jane Toppan ( born Jane Toppan ), nee Honor Kelley ( born Honora Kelley ; August 17, 1854 - October 29, 1938 ) is an American serial killer. In 1901, she confessed to 31 murders.
| Jane Toppan | |
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| English Jane toppan | |
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| Birth name | Honora Kelly |
| Nickname | " Angel of Death " |
| Date of Birth | August 17, 1854 |
| Place of Birth | Boston , Massachusetts , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of death | October 29, 1938 (84 years old) |
| Place of death | Massachusetts |
| Occupation | , |
| The killings | |
| Number of victims | 31 |
| Kill period | 1895 - 1901 |
| Punishment | Conclusion in a psychiatric clinic |
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Early life
She was brought up in Lowell, Massachusetts , in a poor family, among whose members were people with mental illness. In 1863, his father sent Jane and her sister to a Boston shelter, from where they were later sent to their families as student servants. Jane got to Ann Toppan, who did not formally recognize her and did not give her her last name. All these years, Jane has bitterly resented her adoptive mother, who insulted her, and her own beloved daughter, Elizabeth. But, however, she continued to live with them even after she was officially released from custody in 1874 .
Murders
In 1885, Toppan began training as a nurse. She used her patients as experimental rabbits in experiments with morphine and atropine , changing the prescribed dosage of drugs and observing how this affects their nervous system . She touched unconscious patients and received sexual satisfaction from this. In 1899, Jane killed her half-sister Elizabeth with a dose of strychnine .
In 1901, Jane looked after the elderly Alden Davis after the death of his wife (whom she herself killed). Within a few weeks, she killed Davis himself and two of his daughters. Then she returned to her hometown and began to look after the husband of her late adopted sister. By this time, the surviving members of the Davis family demanded a toxicological examination for the youngest deceased daughter of Alden Davy. It was found that she was poisoned.
On October 26, 1901, Jane Toppan was arrested for the murder. First, she confessed to 11 murders, and then to all 31.
On July 23, 1902, the court found her not guilty due to insanity and sentenced her to be placed in a madhouse, where she was until her death in 1938. [one]
See also
- Jenin jones
- Christine Gilbert
Notes
Literature
- Lane, Brian and Gregg, Wilfred - The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers ( 1995 )
- Oleg Mazurin "Women Maniacs. From Antiquity to the Present Day" (2012) chapter 6. "Merry Jane"