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Was researching murders and Serial Killers around 1952, and came across this. Seems interesting.
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FULL TEXT (Article 2 of 7): Atlanta – Tagged as “Mrs. Bluebeard” by local police, Mrs. Roberta Elder, 43, is being held here as a suspect in thirteen deaths which may have been caused by poisoning.
Police say that thirteen relatives of Mrs. Elder have probably died from arsenic poison seasoning of food during the last fourteen years. Among the dead was listed the name of Mrs. Nora Scott Harris, a 94-year-old friend who lived at the 1328 Eason Street home and who died on Dec. 22, 1951.
Coroner's physicians, who examined death certificates, concluded that all of the listed causes of death in the suspected foul play cases, such as pneumonia and food poisoning, could be manifestations of arsenic poisoning.
The suspected victims of Roberta Elder include 3 husbands (including “Common law husband”), 4 of her children, 3 step-children, her mother, her grandchild, a cousin, and the former wife of a husband.
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Maybe that's Patti's character.
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