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Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

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Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Birth
Death
1858 (aged 63–64)
Tasmania, Australia
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A.K.A.: "Wainewright the poisoner"

Classification: Murderer ?
Characteristics: Poisoner - To collect insurance money
Number of victims: 4 ?
Date of murders: 1828 - 1837
Date of arrest: 1837
Date of birth: October 1794
Victims profile: His grandfather / His mother-in-law / His sister-in-law / The father of a girl that he was acquainted
Method of murder: Poisoning (strychnine)
Location: United Kingdown / France
Status: Only charged with forgery. He was found guilty and sentenced to transportation for life in Van Dieman's Land. He died in Tasmania in 1858



A.K.A.: "Wainewright the poisoner"

Classification: Murderer ?
Characteristics: Poisoner - To collect insurance money
Number of victims: 4 ?
Date of murders: 1828 - 1837
Date of arrest: 1837
Date of birth: October 1794
Victims profile: His grandfather / His mother-in-law / His sister-in-law / The father of a girl that he was acquainted
Method of murder: Poisoning (strychnine)
Location: United Kingdown / France
Status: Only charged with forgery. He was found guilty and sentenced to transportation for life in Van Dieman's Land. He died in Tasmania in 1858

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