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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.
Daisy Louisa de Melker was a trained nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance and then poisoned her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear. She is historically the second woman to have been hanged in South Africa.
Jul 28, 2023 · Infam-house: The Johannesburg home of South African murderer Daisy de Melker who poisoned her two husbands and her only child in the 1920s.
Jun 12, 2023 · Born on June 1, 1886, at Seven Fountains near Grahamstown, Daisy Louisa Hancorn-Smith would become infamous as Daisy de Melker, South Africa's first documented serial killer. She was accused of murdering two husbands with strychnine and her son, Rhodes, with arsenic.
Sep 4, 2023 · Daisy was a mother and a wife — and she would become one of South Africa’s most prolific female serial killers. Before she was ever the infamous Daisy De Melker, she was born Daisy Hancorn ...
-- Charged with murdering her two former husbands and her 20-year-old son to collect their insurance, Mrs. Daisy Louisa de Melker, wife of a noted South African rugby player, was found...
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De Melker, Daisy Louisa (1886–1932)South African murderer. Born June 1, 1886, at Seven Fountains near Grahamstown; hanged in Johannesburg, Dec 30, 1932; m. William Cowle (died 1923); m. Robert Sproat (died Oct 1927); m. Sydney Clarence de Melker, Jan 1931; children: (1st m.) 5, only 1 of whom, Rhodes Cecil Cowle (d. 1932), survived infancy.
