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The Mother Turning Serial Killer: Why Did She Kill Children  Jeanne Weber (7 October 1874 – 5 July 1918) was a French serial killer. She strangled at least 10 children, including her own. She was both convicted of murder and declared insane in 1908; she hanged herself ten years later. Jeanne Weber (7 October 1874 – 5 July 1918) was a French serial killer. She strangled at least 10 children, including her own. She was both convicted of murder and declared insane in 1908; she hanged herself ten years later. Weber was born in a small fishing village in western France, which she left for Paris at age 14, working various menial jobs until she married in 1893. Her husband was an alcoholic, and two of their three children died in 1905. By then Weber, residing in a seedy Paris tenement with her husband and their seven-year-old son, was also drinking heavily. On 2 March 1905, Weber was babysitting for her sister-in-law when one of the woman's two daughters — 18-month-old Georgette — suddenl...