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Picture No 12013292
Date 19th century
Description Hélène Jégado
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Hélène Jégado (1803 - 1852), French female domestic servant and serial killer. She is believed to have murdered as many as 36 people with arsenic over a period of 18 years. After an initial period of activity, between 1833 and 1841, she seems to have stopped for nearly ten years before a final spree in 1851.
Source Engraving in 'Mysteries of Police and Crime', volume III, page 47
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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