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Toppan, Jane, 1854-1938

LC control no.n 95034567
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Personal name headingToppan, Jane, 1854-1938
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Variant(s)Kelley, Honora, 1854-1938
Birth date1854-03-31
Death date1938-08-17
Profession or occupationSerial murderers
Found inNUCMC data from Bourne Archives for Her Jane Toppan collection, 1902-1985 (Jane Toppan; 1854-1938; of Cambridge and later Bourne, Mass.; admitted murderer by poison of thirty-one victims; indicted in 1902 by Superior Court in Barnstable County)
Wikipedia, Nov. 29, 2021 (Jane Toppan (March 31, 1854-August 17, 1938), born Honora Kelley, was an American serial killer, nicknamed "Jolly Jane". After her arrest in 1901, she confessed to thirty-one murders, but only twelve were confirmed.)
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