Antoinette Scieri (1890-1968) was a French

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convicted of

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ing her elderly

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s. Scieri was born in

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and studied nursing at

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during

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. She was arrested and imprisoned for fraud and theft in 1915 for stealing valuables and posing as injured men to receive funds. After her release in 1916, she moved to Saint-Gilles in 1920 with her violent and abusive partner and began work as a private nurse. Deaths began in 1924 and continued through 1926. On April 27, 1926, she was convicted of poisoning twelve people with the

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pyralion. She confessed and was sentenced to death. Her sentence was commuted to life and she died in 1968 after being released from prison in 1960.

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1890 births 20th-century criminals French female murderers French female serial killers Italian emigrants to France Medical serial killers People convicted of murder by France Poisoners Serial killers who died in prison custody {{France-med-bio-stub

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