FISHER Lavinia

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Lavinia Fisher
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Executed
Personal Information
Born	1793 Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died	February 18, 1820 (aged 26–27) Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Cause of Death	Executed by hanging
Gender	Female
Race/Ethnicity	White
Spouse	John Fisher
Criminal Information
Offender Type	Serial Killer
Criminal penalty	Death
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Imprisonment	Old City Jail

Biography

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Lavinia Fisher (1793 — February 18, 1820) is reported by some legends to have been the first female serial killer in the United States of America. She was married to John Fisher, and both were convicted of highway robbery—a capital offense at the time—not murder.

Historians have begun to question the veracity of the traditional legend and some assert that Lavinia Fisher never killed anyone. She was, however, an active member of a large gang of highwaymen who operated out of two houses in the backcountry near Charleston, the Five Mile House and the Six Mile House. It is not clear whether the Six Mile House was a hotel, but it served as a hideout for a number of outlaws.

Victims

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Bibliography

Articles

• Dale Hartley MBA, Ph.D. (December 4, 2023). Lavinia Fisher: America's First-Known Female Serial Killer. Psychology Today.

Links

• Lavinia Fisher at Wikipedia
• John and Lavinia Fisher. Radford University.