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Antoinette Scieri

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Antoinette Scieri
Born
Died1968
NationalityFrench
Occupationnurse
Known forkilling patients

Antoinette Scieri (1890–1968) was a French nurse convicted of murdering her elderly patients.[2]

Scieri was born in Italy and studied nursing at Doullens during World War I.[1] She was arrested and imprisoned for fraud and theft in 1915 for stealing valuables and posing as injured men to receive funds.[1]

After her release in 1916, she moved to Saint-Gilles in 1920 with her violent and abusive partner and began work as a private nurse.[1] Deaths began in 1924 and continued through 1926. On April 27, 1926, she was convicted of poisoning twelve people with the herbicide pyralion.[3] She confessed and was sentenced to death.[2] Her sentence was commuted to life and she died in 1968 after being released from prison in 1960.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c d Nash, Jay Robert (1986-11-01). Look for the Woman: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Female Prisoners, Kidnappers, Thieves, Extortionists, Terrorists, Swindlers and Spies from Elizabethan Times to the Present. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4617-4772-7.
  2. ^ a b Ramsland, Katherine M. (2007). Inside the Minds of Healthcare Serial Killers: Why They Kill. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-56720-659-3.
  3. ^ a b Newton, Michael (1990). Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers. Loompanics Unlimited. ISBN 9781559500265.