Marie-Thérèse Joniaux

Marie-Thérèse Joniaux
Born
Maria Teresa Joséphe Ablaÿ

(1844-10-15)October 15, 1844
Mechelen, Belgium
Died1923 (aged 7879)
Antwerp, Belgium
ConvictionMurder
Criminal penaltyDeath; commuted to life imprisonment
Details
Victims3
Span of crimes
1894–1895
CountryBelgium

Marie-Thérèse Joniaux (née Maria Teresa Joséphe Ablaÿ; October 15, 1844 – 1923) was a Belgian poisoner who made headlines in 18941895 as part of the Joniaux Affair after the triple poisoning perpetrated against her sister, Léonie Ablaÿ, her uncle-by-marriage, Jacques Van de Kerkhove and her brother, Alfred Ablaÿ. She was sentenced to death on February 3, 1895. Her death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she died in Antwerp in 1923.