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Daisy Louisa C. de Melker (née Hancorn-Smith; 1 June 1886 – 30 December 1932), simply known as Daisy de Melker, was a South African nurse [1] who was accused of poisoning two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance money; all she was found guilty of, however, was poisoning her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear.
On the morning of 30 December, 1932, Daisy de Melker was hanged. De Melker, Daisy Louisa Cowle. Thrice married, South African Daisy de Melker lost her first two husbands under mysterious circumstances, but homicide detectives were not prone to stirring up a widow's grief in the chivalrous 1920s.
30 December 1932. Daisy De Melker was a nurse believed to marry men, only to kill them for financial gain. She married three times and killed two of her husbands and her son. All the men she married were plumbers and, the two that she allegedly poisoned, left her with large sums of money.
Jun 12, 2023 · On the morning of 30 December 1932, South Africa’s first recorded serial killer, Daisy de Melker, was hanged in the Pretoria Central Prison. Her husband Sidney maintained her innocence until the very end and laid white violets on her coffin.
Sep 4, 2023 · Before she was ever the infamous Daisy De Melker, she was born Daisy Hancorn-Smith on June 1, 1886, in Grahamstown, South Africa. She grew up in a very poor family.
Oct 23, 2017 · Two husbands and her 22 year son Rhodes died at her hands. Between 1923 and 1932 the murders took place. Daisy De Melker ( her full name was Daisy Lousia C. De Melker ) was born on the 1 June 1886 in Grahams town in the Eastern Cape.
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In 1931, Daisy married Sydney Clarence de Melker, a plumber, as her previous husbands had been. In 1932, de Melker's 20-year old son Rhodes Cowle died after drinking coffee his mother had...
