Sarah Jane Robinson
Sarah Jane Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sarah Jane Tennent 1838 |
| Died | January 3, 1906 (aged 68–69) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | "The Boston Borgia" "The Massachusetts Borgia" |
| Conviction | First degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death; commuted to life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 8–11 |
Span of crimes | 1881–1886 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
Date apprehended | August 12, 1886 |
Sarah Jane Robinson (née Tennant; May 26, 1838 – January 3, 1906), known as The Boston Borgia, was an Irish-born American serial killer who poisoned her family members and other people from 1881 to 1886, with the help of her accomplices Thomas R. Smith and Dr. Charles C. Beers. She was initially sentenced to death for the poisoning of her brother-in-law, but the verdict was later changed to life imprisonment, with Robinson dying behind bars.