Sach, Amelia (1873–1902)

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Sach, Amelia (1873–1902)

English murderer. Born 1873; hanged, Feb 3, 1903.

In East Finchley, London, advertised services for unwed mothers; duped mothers into thinking that, for appropriate fee, she would place their babies in foster homes when in fact she turned the infants over to Annie Walters who murdered them; with Walters, tried at Old Bailey (Jan 1903), and became 1st women to be hanged at Holloway.

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