She took babies into her care and then killed them when nobody was around. She got hung at the Invercargill Gaol. She married Charles Dean and they had six kids together.
That's right, she's Minnie Dean!
Minnie Dean was the first (and hopefully the last) person to be hung in New Zealand. She was hung for the murder of three babies (there were two more but the police weren't sure if they had died of a disease that couldn't be cured, or if Minnie Dean had killed them).
Minnie Dean was born in 1847 and hung in 1895. She emigrated to New Zealand in 1868 and then got married to Charles Dean.
Before Minnie Dean moved to New Zealand she had two kids. They were girls and nobody ever found out who the dad was. Also, nobody ever found out what happened to Minnie's two girls.
For our newspaper today we had to write out one of our articles. I did......
MINNIE DEAN!!
I must admit, it's quite interesting finding out about a criminal.
BYE! See you next week!
I've always found Minnie Dean fascinating too, did you read about her hatpin?
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