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Amelia Dyer
Amelia Elizabeth Dyer (née Hobley; 1837 – 10 June 1896) was one of the most prolific serial-killers in history, murdering infants in her care over a 20 year period in Victorian Britain.〔("'Baby Farming' – a tragedy of Victorian times." ). Retrieved 2008-10-28〕〔 She was tried and hanged for one murder, but there is little doubt she was responsible for many more similar deaths—possibly 400 or more.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus-museum-baby-farmer )〕
==Background==
Dyer was not the product of grinding poverty. She was born the youngest of five (with three brothers, Thomas, James and William, and a sister, Ann) in the small village of Pyle Marsh,〔Vale, Allison; Alison Rattle (2007). ''Amelia Dyer: Angel Maker'', ISBN 978-0-233-00224-8〕 just east of Bristol (now part of Bristol's urban sprawl known as Pile Marsh), the daughter of a master shoemaker, Samuel Hobley, and Sarah Hobley née Weymouth. She learned to read and write and developed a love of literature and poetry. However, her childhood was marred by the mental illness of her mother, caused by typhus. Amelia witnessed her mother's violent fits and was obliged to care for her until she died, raving, in 1848. Researchers would later comment on the effect this had on Dyer, and also what it would teach Dyer about the signs exhibited by those who appear to lose their mind through illness.〔''The Lady Killers'' (1998). Amelia Dyer, ITV series. Hosted by Martina Cole. Broadcast 2010-03-16.〕
It should be noted that she had an elder sister, Sarah Ann who died in 1841, aged 6 and a younger sister also named Sarah Ann who died in 1845, aged a few months. An elder cousin had an illegitimate daughter at the time who was later excepted as the daughter of the grandparents (her aunt and uncle William and Martha Hobley).
After her mother's death Amelia lived with an aunt in Bristol for a while, before serving an apprenticeship with a corset maker. Her father died in 1859. Her eldest brother, Thomas, inherited the family shoe business. In 1861, at the age of 24, Amelia became permanently estranged from at least one of her brothers, James, and moved into lodgings in Trinity Street, Bristol.〔 There she married George Thomas. George was 59 and they both lied about their ages on the marriage certificate to reduce the age gap. George deducted 11 years from his age and Amelia added 6 years to her age〔—many sources later reported this age as fact, causing much confusion.
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