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Deptford poisonings

Between 1886 and 1889, five suspicious deaths occurred in Deptford, United Kingdom. Amelia Winters was suspected of murder after it was discovered that she had insured the lives of twenty-two people, which allowed her to receive payments for five deaths. As part of the inquiry, three bodies were exhumed, with post-mortem findings non-definitively pointing to poisoning. Most of the alleged victims were Winters' relatives by blood or affinity who had moved into or temporarily stayed in Winter's household.

Winters died before going to trial. Her daughter, Elizabeth Frost, was suspected of complicity and was indicted, but the murder charges were dropped. However, she was convicted of forgery for falsifying insurance documents and sentenced to seven years of penal servitude. Provided by Wikipedia