Victims - B *****

This list is intended to give a quick overview of the main features of a murder from method and motive to age and location as they apply to a victim.

Name	Sex	Age	Motive	Location	Method
Back, Caroline	Female	18	Jealousy	Folkstone	Stabbed
Bahout, Mrs Mathilde	Female	?	?	Lebanon	Dismembered
Bahout, Marcel	Male	?	?	Lebanon	Dismembered
Baird, Stephanie	Female	29	Sexual	Birmingham	Strangled
Baker, Arthur Reginald	Male	?	Argument	London	Stabbed
Balchin, Olive	Female	40	Sexual	Manchester	Hammer
Ball, Brenda	Female	22	Sexual	USA	Stangled
Ball, Mrs Vera	Female	55	Matricide	Dublin	Axe
Barbe, Gilbert Warren	Male	?	Faked Suicide	California	Blunt Instrument
Barfield, Jennings	Male	32	?	?	Arsenic
Barlow, Mrs Elizabeth	Female	?	Sexual	Bradford	Insulin
Barnes, Alice	Female	?	Sexual	?	?
Barthelemy, Helen Catherine	Female	22	Sexual	London	Strangled
Batten, Elsie May	Female	?	Robbery	London	Stabbed
Beale, Mrs Laura E	Female	60	Sexual	USA	Strangled
Beard, Mrs John E	Female	49	Sexual	USA	Strangled
Beck, Richard	Male	?	Wrong Victim	London	Prussic Acid
Beck, Elizabeth	Female	?	Wrong Victim	London	Prussic Acid
Beckermann, Karen Sue	Female	18	Sexual	USA	Strangled
Beckley, John	Male	17	Fighting	London	Stabbed
Behre, Friedhelm	Male	26	Sexual	Germany	Blunt Instrument
Benwell, Frederick Cornwallis	Male	?	Fraud	Ontario	Shot
Bennett, Mrs	Female	?	Tired of Her	Yarmouth	Strangled
Berndt, Conrad	Male	?	?	?	Burning
Beron, Leon	Male	48	Robbery	London	Stabbed & Beaten
Bessarabo, Mr	Male	?	Argument	France	Shot
Bingham, James Henry	Male	?	Obtain Property	Lancaster	Arsenic
Bingham, Margaret	Female	?	Obtain Property	Lancaster	Arsenic
Bingham, William Hodgson	Male	?	Obtain Property	Lancaster	Arsenic
Bissette, Patricia	Female	23	Sexual	Boston	Strangled
Black, Maria Ann	Female	?	Sexual	Folkstone	Stabbed
Black, Mrs Annie	Female	50	Wife Murder	St Austell	Arsenic
Blake, Helen	Female	65	Sexual	Boston	Strangled
Blake, Mrs Sarah	Female	55	?	?	Beaten & Stabbed
Blakely, David	Male	24	Jealousy	London	Shot
Borden, Andrew	Male	70	?	Massachusetts	Axe
Bouchard, Gaetane	Female	16	Sexual	Canada	Stabbed
Bovell, Mary Jane	Female	?	?	?	?
Bowman, Margaret	Female	21	Sexual	USA	Strangled
Boyle, James	Male	?	Caught stealing	Elstree	Stone Hammer
Bradehoft, Joseph	Male	25	Sexual	Milwaukee	Dismembered
Bradfield, Christina	Female	40	Robbery	Liverpool	Blunt Instrument
Brennan, Sergeant	Male	?	Revenge	Washington	Shot
Briggs, Thomas	Male	70	Robbery	London	Walking Stick
Brown, Archibald	Male	47	Hatred	Southend	Landmine
Brown, Martin	Male	4	Curiosity	Newcastle	Strangled
Brown, Mary	Female	?	Sexual	Boston	Blunt Instrument
Brown, Mrs	Female	?	Sexual	Glasgow	Shot
Bryan, Stephanie	Female	14	Sexual	USA	Bludgeoned
Bryant, Frederick	Male	39	In the way	Dorset	Arsenic
Budd, Grace	Female	12	Sexual	USA	Strangled
Buisson, Celestine	Female	44	Sexual	France	?
Bullard, Lillie McMillan	Female	?	Matricide	?	Arsenic
Bulmer, Mrs	Female	?	Hatred	?	Cut her throat
Burke & Hare	Various	Various45	For money	Edinburgh	Suffocation
Burnell, Freda	Female	8	Sexual	Abertillery, Wales	Strangulation
Burnham, Alice	Female	25	Financial Gain	Blackpool	Drowned
Buys, Christiaan	Male	?	Refused her a divorce	South Africa	Arsenic

Back, Caroline

Caroline Back was just 18 when she was murdered by Dedea Redanies on 3 August 1856. She had been stabbed repeatedly in the chest

Bahout, Mrs Mathilde

Age ? She was murdered by Abrahim Tarraf Tarraf in 1979 she had been killed and then her body was cut up with a saw and the pieces placed in rubbish bags and dumped in Sanayeh park. When sentence was passed it was in this park where he was later publicly hanged

Bahout, Marcel

Age ? He was murdered by Abrahim Tarraf Tarraf in 1979. He had been killed and then his body was cut into pieces and placed into rubbish bags which were dumped in Sanayeh park where Tarraff was later hanged

Baird, Stephanie

Stephanie Baird was 29 when she was brutally murdered by Patrick Byrne on 23 December 1959. She had first been strangled and then he had cut off her head. The body was on the floor in her flat and the head was on the bed. The body was naked and had suffered further mutilations.

Baker, Arthur Reginald

It is not known how old Arthur Reginald Baker was when he was murdered by Kitty Byron on 10 November 1902. She had stabbed him twice with a long bladed knife.

Balchin, Olive

The body of 40 year old Olive Balchin was found on a bomb site in Manchester. Near the body a leather beaters hammer heavily bloodstained was found.She had been murdered by Walter Graham Rowland on 20 October 1946. He had beaten her to death with several hammer blows to the head

Ball, Brenda

Brenda Ball was only 22 when she was murdered by Ted Bundy on or about 1 June 1974

Ball, Mrs Vera

Mrs Vera Ball was 55 years old when she was murdered by her son Edward Ball on 18 February 1936. She was believed to have been murdered with an axe.

Barbe, Gilbert Warren

Gilbert Warren Barbe whose age is ? was murdered by Charles Henry Schwartz on 30 July 1925. He was killed by a blow on the back of the head and then the fingertips had been burnt with acid to try and prevent identification. He had also tried to gouge the eyes out for the same reason. Finally the body had been involved in an explosion and fire.

Barfield, Jennings

Jennings Barfield whose age is unknown was murdered by his wife Margie Velma Barfield. She had poisoned him with arsenic.

Barlow, Mrs Elizabeth

Mrs Elizabeth Barlow lived in a house in Thornbury Crescent in Bradford and was murdered by her husband Kenneth Barlow on 3 May 1957. Her body was found in the bath and she appeared to have drowned. During the post mortem two needle marks were found in the dead womans buttocks. She had been given a lethal injection of insulin

Barnes, Alice

Alice Barnes whose age is unknown was murdered by Cross Duckworth in 1893

Barthelemy, Helen Catherine

Helen Catherine Barthelemy was 22 when she was killed and her body was dumped in the playing fields belonging to the drugs giant Beecham. Her body was found by a groundsman on 24 April 1964 making her the fifth victim in this series of murders. The pathologist estimated that Helen had been dead for about 48 hours when found. Helen a well known prostitute had been born in Glasgow but had moved down to London in her teens and had been here ever since. on 24 April 1964. She was to be listed as another of the (Hammersmith Nudes)

She had been strangled possibly from behind and some of her teeth had been extracted after death. She was naked and the pathologists were able to establish that she had been stripped after death. As with some of the earlier victims her body was covered in tiny fleck of paint, both primer and topcoat. Her body had also been stored next to some sort of a heat source.

Batten, Elsie May

Mrs Elsie May Batten whose age is unknown was murdered by Edwin Bush on 3 March 1961 She was found with an antique dagger protruding from her chest and another one from her neck

Beale, Mrs Laura E

Mrs Laura E Beale who was 60 years old when she was murdered by Earle Leonard Nelson on 2 March 1926. Her naked body was found in a lavatory She had been strangled and raped

Beard, Mrs John E

Mrs John E Beard was 49 years old when she was murdered by Earle Leonard Nelson on 23 December 1926. She had been strangled and raped

Beck, Richard & Elizabeth

Mr Richard Beck and his wife Elizabeth were both murdered by Richard Brinkley on 20 April 1907 although unintentionally. Mr Beck was the landlord of a building in which a Mr Parker lived. Brinkley had gone around to see Parker and had taken him a present of a bottle of stout that he had laced with Prussic Acid. While they were both out of the room Mr and Mrs Beck came in with their daughter. On seeing the bottle of stout they all sampled it. Mr and Mrs Beck died within a few minutes but their daughter was taken to hospital and made a full recovery.

Beckermann, Karen Sue

Karen Sue Beckermann was just 18 when she was murdered by John Norman Collins in 1969. She had been strangled and sexually assaulted.

Beckley, John

John Beckley was only 17 when he was murdered by Michael John Davies on 2 July 1953. He was stabbed during a gang fight

Behre, Friedhelm

Friedhelm Behre was just 26 when he was murdered by Werner Boost on or about November 1955. He had been beaten with a blunt instrument but actually died from drowning after his car had been driven into a gravel pit full of water. His girlfriend was also in the car and she also died.

Benwell, Frederick Cornwallis

The frozen body of Frederick Cornwallis Benwell was found in a field near Princeton, Ontario. He had been murdered by Reginald Birchall on or about 21 February 1890, he had been shot in the head twice

Bennett, Mrs

Mrs Bennett's body was found on the beach at Yarmouth. She had been murdered by her husband Herbert John Bennett on 22 September 1900. He had tired of her and fallen in love with another woman so wanted her out of the way. She had been strangled with a bootlace.

Berndt, Conrad

Conrad Berndt whose age is unknown was murdered by Johann Schneider in 1899. After he was dead Schneider attempted to dispose of the body by burning it in Berndt's own oven in his bakery

Beron, Leon

Leon Beron was 48 years old when he was murdered by Stinie Morrison on 1 January 1911. His skull had been fractured and he had been stabbed. A crude letter 's' had been carved on each side of his face.

Bessarabo

Bessarabo was a wealthy businessman who had been born in Rumania. He had met and married his wife shortly after the death of her first husband. Myrtel liked the fast life and would often entertain other men. The Bessarabo's would often argue and on 30 July 1920 she shot him.

With the help of her daughter they put the body into a trunk and sent this to Nancy. When the body was discovered it was noted that as well as being shot he had also suffered some bruises to the head and face in keeping with quite a severe beating.

Bingham, James Henry

James Henry Bingham whose age is unknown was believed to have been murdered by his sister Edith. He had been poisoned with arsenic. Edith was tried on three counts of murder, that of her father, brother and sister, she was however found not guilty

Bingham, Margaret

Margaret Bingham whose age is unknown was believed to have been murdered by her sister Edith in 1911. She had been poisoned with arsenic. Edith was tried for her murder but found not guilty

Bingham, William Hodgson

William Hodgson Bingham was believed to have been murdered by his daughter Edith Bingham in 1911 He had been poisoned with arsenic. Edith was tried but found not guilty

Bissette, Patricia

Patricia Bissette was a pretty 23 year old secretary who was murdered by Albert De Salvo on 30 December 1962. She was raped and strangled with her own blouse and stockings which had been twisted together and tied in the familiar bow. Her naked body was discovered by her boss when he called for her the next day to drive her to the office. She was victim number eight of the Boston Strangler..

Black, Maria Ann

Maria Ann Black whose exact age is unknown, although it is known that she was a teenager was murdered by Dedea Redanies on 3 August 1856. She had been stabbed repeatedly in the chest.

Black, Mrs Annie

Mrs Annie Black was 50 and was well known in the little village of Tregonissey which is near St Austell. She ran the village sweet shop and one day was taken very ill. The problem seemed to be Gastro-Enteritis but when she died on the 11 November 1921, the doctor was not convinced. He ordered an autopsy and it was discovered that she had been poisoned with arsenic. Her husband Ernest Black was arrested and it was soon proved that he had murdered his wife.

Blake, Helen

Helen Blake, a retired nurse was 65 when she was murdered by Albert De Salvo on 30 June 1962 She was strangled with a nylon stocking with one of her bras looped through it and tied under her chin in the familiar bow. The door to her apartment showed no sign of forced entry meaning that she also opened the door to the murderer. She was the third victim of the strangler. She was also the second to have been murdered on the same day. When police entered her apartment they found her face down on the bed. She was wearing only a pyjama top which had been pushed up to her shoulders. She had been sexually assaulted although not raped. The medical examiner believed she had been dead for about three days.

Blake, Mrs Sarah

Mrs Sarah Blake was 55 years old when she was murdered by Jack Hewitt on 3 March 1922 She had been beaten with a heavy iron bar and stabbed with a knife repeatedly Her body was covered with more than sixty wounds and bruises

Blakely, David

David Blakely was a racing car driver. He was murdered by Ruth Ellis on 10 April 1955. He was shot four times with a Smith & Wesson.

Borden, Andrew

Andrew Borden whose exact age is unknown was supposedly murdered by Lizzie Borden, his daughter on 4 August 1892. He had been killed with an axe. Although she was tried for the murder she was found not guilty.

Bouchard, Gaetane

Gaetane Bouchard was only 16 years old when she was murdered by John Vollman on 13 May 1958. He had stabbed her to death.

Bovell, Mary Jane

Mary Jane Bovell was murdered by Thomas Clewes in 1889

Bowman, Margaret

Margaret Bowman was only 21 years old when she was murdered by Ted Bundy on 15 January 1978. She had been strangled with a stocking and her knickers had been torn off with such force that they had left graze marks on her skin.

Boyle, James

James Boyle whose age is unknown was murdered by on James Fletcher. He had been killed with a stone hammer.

Bradehoft, Joseph

Joseph Bradehoft was a 25 year old man who was murdered by Jeffrey Dahmer on 19 July 1991. He had been murdered and his body cut up . His head was then added to the collection already in the freezer. Joseph was to be Dahmers last victim

Bradfield, Christina

It was a typically cold December day when 40 year old Christina Bradfield was Murdered by George Ball. She had been his employer managing on behalf of her brother the Old Hall Street shop, Bradfields, which made and sold tarpaulins. The murder had taken place on the 10 December 1913. She had been beaten to death with a blunt instrument and then her body had been sewn into a sack along with some iron bars for extra weight.

Aided by a young 18 year old man, Samuel Angeles Elltoft they loaded the body onto a handcart and pushed it down to the Leeds and Liverpool canal where the sack was thrown in. The sack later fouled one of the lock gates which was when the body was discovered.

Brennan, Sergeant

Sergeant Brennan whose age is unknown was murdered by Michael Lanaham in 1862. He was killed with a gun.

Briggs, Thomas

Thomas Briggs was 70 years old and was a retired bank clerk He was murdered by Franz Muller on 9 July 1864 he had been attacked on a train and having been robbed was then thrown out He was found on the railway line and later died from blows struck by his own walking stick.

Brown, Archibald

Archibald Brown was a wheelchair bound father of 47 who was murdered by his son Eric Brown on 23 July 1943. Archibald had been injured badly in a motorcycle accident which eventually caused paralysis of the spine.

The family lived in a house in Rayleigh which was near Southend. Next to the house was an air raid shelter and it was here that the wheelchair was kept. Eric had obtained an Army landmine called a Hawkins no 75 and had attached it to his wheelchair. While his nurse was pushing him the mine went off and he was literally blown to peices.

Brown, Martin

The body of Martin Brown was found in a derelict house in the Scotswood district of Newcastle. The little boy of 4 had been strangled. This was a huge shock to the local residents but was soon followed by another when it was discovered that he had been murdered on 25 May

1968 by Mary Flora Bell who was herself a child of just 11 years old and helped by Norma Joyce Bell who strangley enough was not related. Although she was two years older than Mary it was still Mary who was the driving force.

Brown, Mary

Mary Brown was murdered by Albert De Salvo on 9 March 1963. Unlike the other victims she had been beaten to death with a metal pipe. This was one of two murders that the police had not attributed to De Salvo and only found out when he confessed to them - The other one was that of Mary Mullen.

Brown, Mrs

Mrs Brown whose age is unknown was murdered by Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel in September 1956, she had been shot

Bryan, Stephanie

Stephanie Bryan was just 14 years old when she was attacked and murdered by Burton W Abbott on or about 28 April 1955. She had been kidnapped while on the way home from school. She was then murdered and her body buried in a shallow grave 300 miles away from home in the Trinity mountains. She had been bludgeoned to death.

Bryant, Frederick

Frederick Bryant was murdered by his wife Charlotte on 22 December 1935 She poisoned him with Arsenic

Budd, Grace

Grace Budd lived with her family in a basement flat at west 15th Street in New York. Her 18 year old brother, Edward, wanted to escape from the city life and work in the country so he placed an advertisement in a paper for farm work. He had a response in the form of a man calling himself Frank Howard who was in fact Albert Fish. He stated that he had a small dairy farm on Long Island and was prepared to offer Edward a job. Edward quickly accepted and Fish told him that he would come back at the end of the week to finalise arrangements. He returned on the Sunday and was invited to lunch.

The Budd’s had five children but it was Grace that interested Albert Fish. Grace was only ten but a very pretty girl. Albert Fish told Grace’s parents, Delia and Edward that his sister’s daughter was having a party and that if they didn’t mind he could take Grace along, she would enjoy herself. They agreed and they left hand in hand. They never saw her alive again, on the 27 May 1928 Grace Budd died. Albert Fish took Grace to a cottage in Irvington where he strangled her and then dismembered the body. Certain parts of her body were selected and taken home to make a stew. Over the next nine days he kept returning to the house to collect more pieces which he also ate.

He was not arrested for this murder until six years later. When he told the police what had happened to Grace they went to the cottage where they found 31 bones belonging to a young girl. Near the bones were some beads which were later identified as being part of her rosary which she had been wearing. They also found two of the implements used in this brutal crime, a rusted saw and a meat cleaver.

Buisson, Celestine

Celestine Buisson was 44 years old when she was murdered by Henri Desire Landru in 1916

Bullard, Lillie McMillan

Lillie Mcmillan Bullard whose exact age is unknown was murdered by her daughter Margie Velma Barfield. She poisoned her with arsenic

Bulmer, Mrs

Mrs Bulmer whose exact age is unknown was murdered by her husband Charles Bulmer in 1889 It was said that he almost cut off her head.

Burke & Hare

At least sixteen people were murdered by William Burke and William Hare during the 1820s Their normal method of disposing of their victims was by suffocation after which they would then sell the bodies to medical science.

Burnell, Freda

Freda Burnell was just 8 years old when she was murdered by Harold Jones on 5 February 1921 She had died from shock and partial strangulation Jones had also made an attempt to rape her but was unsucessful

Burnham, Alice

Alice burnham was 25 years old when she was murdered by George Joseph Smith on 12 December 1913. She had been drowned in her bath and was to go down in history as one of the brides in the bath.

Buys, Christiaan

Christiaan Buys whose age is not known was murdered by his wife Maria Groesbeek on 28 March 1969. He was poisoned with arsenic.

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