I have to admit that I neverheard of this woman, but currently, investigators are digging up the remains of some of her possible victims, children, and trying to piece together the story.
She was a wealthy widow accused of murdering as many as 30 men, women, and children. and often dismembering them at her hilltop farm in La Porte, Indiana. A mysterious fire destroyed the home and Belle in April 1908. Speculation was that belle set it herself when her deeds were about to be discovered.
DNA testing is planned to try to flesh out the story.
From May 14th Chicago Tribune "Kids' bones exhumed in 100-year-old mystery." by Kristen Kridel.
There is a big artcile in Wikipedia about it. It says shwe was a very physically strong woman standing 5'8" and weighing 200 pounds. She also might have killed her husbands and children.
Sure Glad I Didn't Know Her. --Old Coot
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