Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Parricide
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: April 3, 1731
Date of arrest: 2 days after
Date of birth: 1680
Victim profile: Henry Bevan, 60 (her husband)
Method of murder: Strangulation with a handkerchief
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Status: Executed on June 10, 1731. Catherine was strangled and burnt at the stake. Her rope burnt through and so she was burnt alive. She was the only American woman to meet such a fate.
Catherine Bevan (1680 - June 10, 1731) was a murderer who conspired with her lover, Peter Murphy, to murder her husband Henry.
The murderous pair tried poison at first but were unsuccessful. Then, Murphy jumped on Henry and beat him into unconsciousness. Catherine completed the deed by strangling him with a handkerchief.
A quick trial was held, but a local judge was suspicious because the coffin was nailed shut. He ordered the coffin opened so that it was obvious that Henry had not died of a fit, as Catherine had insisted.
Both Peter Murphy and his lover, Catherine Bevan, were arrested. They were executed on June 10, 1731. Catherine was strangled and burnt at the stake. Her rope burnt through and so she was burnt alive. She was the only American woman to meet such a fate.
Characteristics: Parricide
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: April 3, 1731
Date of arrest: 2 days after
Date of birth: 1680
Victim profile: Henry Bevan, 60 (her husband)
Method of murder: Strangulation with a handkerchief
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Status: Executed on June 10, 1731. Catherine was strangled and burnt at the stake. Her rope burnt through and so she was burnt alive. She was the only American woman to meet such a fate.
Catherine Bevan (1680 - June 10, 1731) was a murderer who conspired with her lover, Peter Murphy, to murder her husband Henry.
The murderous pair tried poison at first but were unsuccessful. Then, Murphy jumped on Henry and beat him into unconsciousness. Catherine completed the deed by strangling him with a handkerchief.
A quick trial was held, but a local judge was suspicious because the coffin was nailed shut. He ordered the coffin opened so that it was obvious that Henry had not died of a fit, as Catherine had insisted.
Both Peter Murphy and his lover, Catherine Bevan, were arrested. They were executed on June 10, 1731. Catherine was strangled and burnt at the stake. Her rope burnt through and so she was burnt alive. She was the only American woman to meet such a fate.
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Parricide
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: April 3, 1731
Date of arrest: 2 days after
Date of birth: 1680
Victim profile: Henry Bevan, 60 (her husband)
Method of murder: Strangulation with a handkerchief
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Status: Executed on June 10, 1731. Catherine was strangled and burnt at the stake. Her rope burnt through and so she was burnt alive. She was the only American woman to meet such a fate.
Catherine Bevan (1680 - June 10, 1731) was a murderer who conspired with her lover, Peter Murphy, to murder her husband Henry.
The murderous pair tried poison at first but were unsuccessful. Then, Murphy jumped on Henry and beat him into unconsciousness. Catherine completed the deed by strangling him with a handkerchief.
A quick trial was held, but a local judge was suspicious because the coffin was nailed shut. He ordered the coffin opened so that it was obvious that Henry had not died of a fit, as Catherine had insisted.
Both Peter Murphy and his lover, Catherine Bevan, were arrested. They were executed on June 10, 1731. Catherine was strangled and burnt at the stake. Her rope burnt through and so she was burnt alive. She was the only American woman to meet such a fate.
Characteristics: Parricide
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: April 3, 1731
Date of arrest: 2 days after
Date of birth: 1680
Victim profile: Henry Bevan, 60 (her husband)
Method of murder: Strangulation with a handkerchief
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Status: Executed on June 10, 1731. Catherine was strangled and burnt at the stake. Her rope burnt through and so she was burnt alive. She was the only American woman to meet such a fate.
Catherine Bevan (1680 - June 10, 1731) was a murderer who conspired with her lover, Peter Murphy, to murder her husband Henry.
The murderous pair tried poison at first but were unsuccessful. Then, Murphy jumped on Henry and beat him into unconsciousness. Catherine completed the deed by strangling him with a handkerchief.
A quick trial was held, but a local judge was suspicious because the coffin was nailed shut. He ordered the coffin opened so that it was obvious that Henry had not died of a fit, as Catherine had insisted.
Both Peter Murphy and his lover, Catherine Bevan, were arrested. They were executed on June 10, 1731. Catherine was strangled and burnt at the stake. Her rope burnt through and so she was burnt alive. She was the only American woman to meet such a fate.
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