October 29, 1932 - Velma Barfield
Barfield operated within the intimate sphere of caregiving and family, poisoning those who depended on or trusted her — a pattern that went undetected across multiple victims before her eventual conviction. Her case drew sustained attention not only for the number of deaths attributed to her but for the method and relationships involved, and her 1984 execution marked a significant legal milestone in the history of American capital punishment.
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Margie Velma Barfield (née Bullard; October 29, 1932 – November 2, 1984) was an American serial killer who was convicted of one murder but was linked to seven murders in total. She became the first woman in the United States to be executed after the resumption of capital punishment in 1976, and the first since 1962. She was also the first woman to be executed by lethal injection.
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