FORTMEYER Julia

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Julia Fortmeyer
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Deceased
Personal Information
Full Name	Julia Etta Fortmeyer
Born	Probably St. Louis, Missouri
Died	St. Louis, Missouri
Other Names	Julietta Fortmeyer
Cause of Death	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Gender	Female
Race/Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Abortionist
Criminal Information
AKA	"Madam Fortmeyer" "The Baby Burner"
Offender Type	Suspected Serial Killer Baby farmer
Motivation Type	Hedonistic(Greed)
Organized Type	Organized
Method of Killing	Burning Asphyxiation
Modus Operandi	Finding a mother with an unwanted baby, "taking him in", suffocating him and throwing the body in an oven.
Signature	Burning
Staging	Burning
Posing	Burning
Victim Type	Babies
Victims	2 - 100+
Span of crimes	Probably 1859-1875
Country	United States
States	Missouri
Date apprehended	January 31, 1875

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
Children of Lena Miller and Louisa Buhler	UNKNOWN less than a year	Unknown	In the Oven of Julia	Unknown

Survivors

Name	Age	Date of Attack	Method of Attack

Suspected victims

Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
30+ Unknown babies	Unknown less than a year	Unknown	In the Oven of Julia	Unknown

Bibliography

Julia Fortmeyer was an American abortionist, suspected serial killer and baby farmer, who was known for performing several illegal and dangerous abortions, and is also suspected of having killed more than 100 babies who were unable to be aborted. She was discovered in 1875 and was sentenced to 10 years in jail, where she once escaped. She probably died in 1899

See also

BAMBERGER HENRIETTA ASHMEAD Elizabeth