Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Infanticide
Number of victims: 2
Date of murders: May 7, 1691
Date of arrest: 3 days after
Date of birth: 1664 Who's date of birth is 1664?
Victims profile: Her newborn twins
Method of murder: Neglect?
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Status: Executed by hanging in Boston on June 8, 1693
[Boston Common - no s]
June 8, 1693 - 28 year old Elizabeth Emerson was hanged on Boston Commons, Massachusetts for the murder of her two children who were conceived with her boyfriend. Strangely for the time, two years was to elapse between sentence and execution.
Her story is told by Sybil Smith in the book "Hannah Duston's Sister" (2005).
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Infanticide
Number of victims: 2
Date of murders: May 7, 1691
Date of arrest: 3 days after
Date of birth: 1664 Who's date of birth is 1664?
Victims profile: Her newborn twins
Method of murder: Neglect?
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Status: Executed by hanging in Boston on June 8, 1693
[Boston Common - no s]
June 8, 1693 - 28 year old Elizabeth Emerson was hanged on Boston Commons, Massachusetts for the murder of her two children who were conceived with her boyfriend. Strangely for the time, two years was to elapse between sentence and execution.
Her story is told by Sybil Smith in the book "Hannah Duston's Sister" (2005).
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