- Francisca Ballesteros
Francisca Ballesteros (b. 1969) is a Spanish
serial killer who between 1990 and 2004 killed her two daughters and her husband and attempted to kill her son. [es icon [http://www.adeguello.net/ade04julio6.htm#veneno La envenadora de Melilla confiesa tres asesinatos] ]Crimes history
Francisca Ballesteros was born in Valencia. A few years later, she moved to
Melilla .After marrying Antonio González Barribino, Ballesteros gave birth to a girl named Florinda. In 1990, Ballesteros suffered from
postpartum depression and wanted to end hermarriage , but she finally desisted. She decided to kill her family and flee to Valencia. Ballesteros poisoned Florinda, who was only five months old, with Colme, a drug used to treatalcoholism . After the death of the baby, Ballesteros decided to wait to kill the rest of her family. [es icon [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/fiscal/eleva/pena/envenenadora/Melilla/84/anos/elpepiesp/20050924elpepinac_20/Tes La fiscal eleva la pena para la 'envenenadora de Melilla' a 84 años] ]In 2004, 14 years after murdering her daughter, Ballesteros, who had met many men through
Internet , decided to kill the rest of her family, flee to the city where one of the men that she had met online was living, and marry him. On12 January 2004 Ballesteros killed her husband Antonio González Barribino with Colme and with thesedative sZolpidem andBromazepam . On4 June 2004 , Ballesteros killed her daughter Sandra with the same medications and attempted to kill her 12-year old son Antonio, who was admitted to the hospital withpoisoning onJune 4 ,2004 . Theautopsy revealed that she had been poisoned. [es icon [http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/50857/0/envenenadora/melilla/condenada/ Condenada a 84 años de prisión la "envenenadora de Melilla"] ]On
June 7 ,2004 Ballesteros was arrested and confessed to the murders.On
September 26 ,2005 , Francisca Ballesteros was sentenced to a term of 84 years in prison. [es icon [http://www.lamanana.com.es/index.php/lamanana/ver-cronicanegra/la_envenenadora_de_melilla/ LA ENVENENADORA DE MELILLA] ]References
External links
* [http://www.tenerifenews.com/cms/front_content.php?idart=2609 “Black widow” jailed for 84 years] "
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