Phoebe Veitch

Phoebe Veitch
Died2 September 1891
Wellington's Terrace Gaol
NationalityNew Zealander
Known forThe murder of her daughter.

Phoebe Veitch (née Harper) (c.1860–1891) was a New Zealand murderer. She drowned her daughter Phoebe in the Wanganui River in 1883 and was tried and subsequently convicted of murder. Whilst she was originally sentenced to death, her sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment.

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