Throughout the 18th century was when Amelia Elizabeth Dyer killed about 400 babies. She was sentenced to six months in prison and was arrested for child neglect. She was born in 1837 and died 1896. She died from state execution by hanging. Her nickname was The Reading Baby Farmer. She had 3 children, but couldn’t take care of her first. Amelia Dyer had multiple arrests and name changes, as she still adopted babies to murder them. till adopted babies and continued to murder them.
Have you ever felt like you’ve been suffocated to death? Miss Amelia Dyer has done exactly that. Acting like a nice, elegant lady that is doing a good deed and adopting children to supposedly take care of them. Of course, she never did. She adopts them, Then
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She is disposing dead babies into the Thames River. Now think,What kind of person would do that? Amelia Dyer did. However, it was not that easy to figure out. Seven babies were discovered in the Thames river, including Helena Fry and her last two victims, Doris Marmon and Harry Simmons. This is a confession from Miss Dyer — “Sir, will you kindly grant me the favour of presenting this to the magistrates on Saturday the 18th for the instant I have made this statement out,I may not have the opportunity then I must relieve my mind I do know and I feel my days are numbered on this earth but I do feel it is an awful thing drawing innocent people into trouble I do know I shall have to answer before my Make in Heaven for the awful crimes I have committed but as God Almighty is my judge in Heaven a on Hearth neither my daughter Mary Ann Palmer nor her husband Alfred Ernest Palmer I do most solemnly declare neither of them had any-thing at all to do with it, they never knew I contemplated doing such a wicked thing until it was too late. I am speaking the truth and nothing but the truth as I hope to be forgiven, I myself and I alone must stand before my Maker in Heaven to give an answer for it all witnes my hand Amelia Dyer. - April 16, 1896” Even going as far as confessing to the police. She told them that if you find them with white tape wrapped around their neck that means they are hers. Why would you confess that? Guilt? Other people's judgements? ? Or