Jeanneret, Marie (d. 1884)
Jeanneret, Marie (d. 1884)
Swiss poisoner. Died 1884.
Nurse who poisoned her clients, 1st killed a friend named Berthet (1866); used atropine, morphine, and antimony to poison possibly as many as 30 people; arrested after a physician reported his suspicions about her to authorities; convicted of 7 murders but won sympathy of jury and received only 20-year sentence.
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