Why Would You Have More Children With Her?

 Waterville, Me. (1966)

06/30/1966: Mother, 37, drowned her three children, then took pills in an attempt at suicide.  In 1954, she had drowned her first three children, and attempted suicide by drinking shampoo.  This was with the same husband.  See Waterville, Me. 1954 entry above.  The children were all the same age, except that the youngest was 11 months old, this time.

Category: family

Suicide: no

Cause: mental illness

Weapon: drown[1]

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[1] "She Duplicates Triple Murder," [Mason City, Ia.] Globe-Gazette, Fri, Jul. 1, 1966, 1.