Lyda Trueblood | |
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| Born | October 16, 1892 Keytesville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | February 5, 1958 (aged 65) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
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| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Motive | Life insurance |
| Conviction(s) | Second degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | 10 years to life in prison |
| Details | |
| Victims | 1–6 |
Span of crimes | 1915–1920 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Idaho, Montana |
| Weapon | Arsenic poisoning |
Date apprehended | May 1921 |
Lyda Southard (October 16, 1892 – February 5, 1958), also known as Lyda Anna Mae Trueblood, was an American female suspected serial killer. It was suspected that she had killed four of her husbands, a brother-in-law, and her daughter by using arsenic poisoning derived from flypaper[1] in order to obtain life insurance money.[2][3]
- ^ a b "Flypaper Lyda". Time. 13 October 1941. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010.
- ^ "Charge Poisoning of Four Husbands" (PDF). New York Times. 13 May 1921. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Newton, Michael (1990). Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers. Loompanics Unlimited.