Serial Killers Around the World: The Global Dimensions of Serial Murder

Author(s): Dirk C. Gibson

DOI: 10.2174/9781608058426114010006

Daisy DeMelker

Pp: 36-47 (12)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

The infamous South African poisoner Daisy DeMelker killed several husbands and her son in profit-driven offenses. She was an attractive woman who earned nursing credentials but earned her living by marrying men, killing them and reaping the resultant reward. This chapter describes DeMelker, and her monetarilymotivated marriages. The MO, time frame, number of victims and victims were analyzed. Significant serial killer rhetoric was considered. The investigation leading to her arrest was discussed, and the trial described.

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