Antonini, Theresa (1785–1809)
Antonini, Theresa (1785–1809)
German murderer. Born Theresa Marschall in 1785 in Berlin; beheaded 1809; married a criminal named Antonini.
With husband, enlisted help of her 15-year-old brother Carl in committing the murder of Dorothea Blankenfeld, whom they intended to rob; all 3 apparently participated in the beating that killed Blankenfeld (1809); unlike Carl, who received 10-year prison sentence, was sentenced to death with husband, but she was the only one beheaded (husband starved himself to death in his cell).
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