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Daisy de Melker

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South African nurse

South AfricaLived 1886 to 1932 · aged 46
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Daisy Louisa C. de Melker, simply known as Daisy de Melker, was a South African nurse who was accused of poisoning two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance money; all she was found guilty of, however, was poisoning her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear.

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Daisy Louisa C. de Melker, simply known as Daisy de Melker, was a South African nurse who was accused of poisoning two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance money; all she was found guilty of, however, was poisoning her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear. De Melker is the second woman to have been hanged in South African criminal history.

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South Africa
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Lived 1886 to 1932 · aged 46
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