"I enjoyed this book immensely. From one of my favorite cases (Lizzie Borden) to the story of Aileen Wuornos, R.J goes into the dark secrets and the details behind the crimes committed by some of our most notorious serial killers. This is a well crafted book that has obviously been researched extensively. The females serial killer is relatively rare in contrast to her male counterpart, but when a woman kills, she can be just as vicious and deadly, as evidenced here in R.J. Parker's book "Women Who Kill." Fascinating, creep, and extremely informative."
~ Carl Hose, Author and Musician
"Women Who Kill, is a very detail oriented account of some of the few women throughout history who have been dubbed as "serial killers." Author R. J. Parker takes an interesting in depth perspective into the case files of what makes women commit crimes, which have, throughout history, notoriously been attributed to men. As an author, R. J. Parker shows he is cognizant of his audience and keeps them intrigued with his investigative research and his keen eye for interesting material. All too often I feel eBook sellers promote under developed work for inflated prices, Women Who Kill and other eBooks published by R.J. Parker flourish in content and are nominally priced considering the content and the quality."
~ Dane Ladwig, Author
"Pleased with this book as I have been with this author's other titles. Includes details on women serial killers which most authors shy away from. I like his style as an author both in his books and out of the book. Did you know he gifts many,many books to men and women in uniform, etc?? Excellent author here!!"
~ Nahta Bean, Avid Reader
FROM INSIDE THE BOOK
Excerpt from Marybeth Tinning Chapter
Marybeth Roe was born on September 11th, 1942 in Duanesburg, New York. She was a normal student during school; however, on several occasions she attempted suicide as a cry for attention. After completing school, she worked menial jobs, but eventually became a nursing assistant at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York.
She met Joe Tinning in 1963 and the couple was married two years later. Together they had three children: Barbara, Joseph, and the youngest, Jennifer, who was sick at birth and died only a few weeks later of meningitis.
Three weeks later on January 20th, 1972, Marybeth took Joseph, aged two, to the Ellis Hospital emergency room after he'd had an apparent seizure. He was kept in the hospital for observation, but the doctors couldn't find anything wrong with him, and he was sent home. Only hours later, Joseph was back to the ER, but this time he died. Tinning told the doctors that she'd placed him in bed to sleep, and when she went back to check on him, he was blue, and tangled in the bed sheets. This was accepted by the hospital as accidental.
Not six weeks later, the mother was back in the E.R. with her four-year-old daughter, Barbara. The mother claimed the girl had gone into convulsions. She was checked out and advised to stay overnight. Tinning, however, wanted to take her home and, you guessed it, just hours later Tinning brought the girl back into the E.R.. Unconscious at the time, she later died. The medical doctor attributed Barbara's death to Reyes Syndrome. Within three months of each other, all three of the Tinning children had died.
Marybeth Tinning got pregnant again and in 1973, on Thanksgiving Day, gave birth to a baby boy, Timothy. Three weeks later Timothy was found dead in his crib. The doctors listed it as S.I.D.S., or sudden infant death syndrome.
Nathan Tinning was born two years later on March, 30th, 1975, the fifth child born to the couple. When Nathan was only five months old, Marybeth arrived at the Hospital with him dead in her arms. She claimed that she was driving and noticed that the baby was not breathing and rushed to the E.R. Once again, no foul play was suspected and no explanation was given for the child's death. The Tinnings decided to adopt in 1978, but before the adoption went through Tinning became pregnant again. So, in August, they adopted young Michael who was just a baby, and in October their 6th child, Mary Frances, was born.
When Mary Frances was only four months old, she supposedly had a seizure and was taken to the hospital. Unfortunately, the doctors were unable to save her and she died on February 20th. Nothing suspect was reported by the hospital or anyone. Marybeth Tinning then got pregnant again, and on November 19th Jonathan was born.
Marybeth arrived at St. Clare's hospital with Jonathan on March 4th, 1980. Jonathan was unconscious, but was revived. Due to the family history of misfortune and babies dying, Jonathan was sent to Boston Hospital where he was thoroughly examined. The doctors could find no valid medical reason why the baby had simply stopped breathing. Jonathan returned home only to be brought back to the hospital three days later, dead, on March 24th.
The adopted child, Michael, was now two and a half years old, and on March 2nd of the following year, was carried into his pediatrician's office wrapped in a blanket, unconscious. Tinning calmly claimed that she could not wake the child, and when the doctor examined him, discovered he was already dead. It was previously believed that there was a genetic origin for the deaths of all the infants, but when their adopted child died too, someone finally took notice.
The police were called in to investigate and found that Tinning had been present every time a child had died.
