Dau. of Ephraim Joseph (1899-1936) & Annie Lou (Selph) Hickox. (1901-1986).
Murderess. She was a serial killer who murdered 5 people including her 3 sons, a grandson, and her own husband by poisoning them with rat poisoning in 1966 and 1967.
She poisoned:
* Charles Clayton Gibbs, age 39, who died January 21, 1966. (Her husband.)
* Marvin Ronald Gibbs, age 13, died on August 29, 1966. (Her youngest son.)
* Melvin Watess Gibbs, age 16, died on January 23, 1967. (Her middle son.)
*Roger Ludean Gibbs, age 19, died on December 24, 1967. (Her eldest son.)
* Ronnie Edward Gibbs, age 1 month, died on October 28, 1967. (Her infant grandson.)
After murdering her family, she inherited $31,000 from their deaths and tithed 10% to her church. Originally, the cause of there deaths were believed to be contributed to liver disease, but she was arrested on on Christmas Eve- December 24, 1967.
Before she was arrested, the police and neighborhood were very suspecious of her in the first place due to her refusal of having a autopsy on the bodies. But yet, others were not. For what 35 year old grandmother who once even had a day-care center could murder her family.
She was discovered, however, when Janie Lou Gibbs oldest son's wife demanded a autopsy on her husband. They then found fatal arsenic in the young man's body. The court order the rest of the family's bodies to be exhumed from there graves.
When Janie was arrested, she admitted to feeding rat poisoning to her kids, husband, and grandson one by one, but didn't have a motive for doing so.
In February of 1968, she was sent to the state mental hospital were she stayed until 1976.
As she grew older, she suffered from Parkinson's disease and when released from the mental hospital in April of 1999, she finally got medical care.
She was denied parole 17 times.
The last years of her life she was confined to a wheelchair in a nursing home in Douglasville, Georgia until she died on February 7, 2010.
Murderess. She was a serial killer who murdered 5 people including her 3 sons, a grandson, and her own husband by poisoning them with rat poisoning in 1966 and 1967.
She poisoned:
* Charles Clayton Gibbs, age 39, who died January 21, 1966. (Her husband.)
* Marvin Ronald Gibbs, age 13, died on August 29, 1966. (Her youngest son.)
* Melvin Watess Gibbs, age 16, died on January 23, 1967. (Her middle son.)
*Roger Ludean Gibbs, age 19, died on December 24, 1967. (Her eldest son.)
* Ronnie Edward Gibbs, age 1 month, died on October 28, 1967. (Her infant grandson.)
After murdering her family, she inherited $31,000 from their deaths and tithed 10% to her church. Originally, the cause of there deaths were believed to be contributed to liver disease, but she was arrested on on Christmas Eve- December 24, 1967.
Before she was arrested, the police and neighborhood were very suspecious of her in the first place due to her refusal of having a autopsy on the bodies. But yet, others were not. For what 35 year old grandmother who once even had a day-care center could murder her family.
She was discovered, however, when Janie Lou Gibbs oldest son's wife demanded a autopsy on her husband. They then found fatal arsenic in the young man's body. The court order the rest of the family's bodies to be exhumed from there graves.
When Janie was arrested, she admitted to feeding rat poisoning to her kids, husband, and grandson one by one, but didn't have a motive for doing so.
In February of 1968, she was sent to the state mental hospital were she stayed until 1976.
As she grew older, she suffered from Parkinson's disease and when released from the mental hospital in April of 1999, she finally got medical care.
She was denied parole 17 times.
The last years of her life she was confined to a wheelchair in a nursing home in Douglasville, Georgia until she died on February 7, 2010.
Dau. of Ephraim Joseph (1899-1936) & Annie Lou (Selph) Hickox. (1901-1986).
Murderess. She was a serial killer who murdered 5 people including her 3 sons, a grandson, and her own husband by poisoning them with rat poisoning in 1966 and 1967.
She poisoned:
* Charles Clayton Gibbs, age 39, who died January 21, 1966. (Her husband.)
* Marvin Ronald Gibbs, age 13, died on August 29, 1966. (Her youngest son.)
* Melvin Watess Gibbs, age 16, died on January 23, 1967. (Her middle son.)
*Roger Ludean Gibbs, age 19, died on December 24, 1967. (Her eldest son.)
* Ronnie Edward Gibbs, age 1 month, died on October 28, 1967. (Her infant grandson.)
After murdering her family, she inherited $31,000 from their deaths and tithed 10% to her church. Originally, the cause of there deaths were believed to be contributed to liver disease, but she was arrested on on Christmas Eve- December 24, 1967.
Before she was arrested, the police and neighborhood were very suspecious of her in the first place due to her refusal of having a autopsy on the bodies. But yet, others were not. For what 35 year old grandmother who once even had a day-care center could murder her family.
She was discovered, however, when Janie Lou Gibbs oldest son's wife demanded a autopsy on her husband. They then found fatal arsenic in the young man's body. The court order the rest of the family's bodies to be exhumed from there graves.
When Janie was arrested, she admitted to feeding rat poisoning to her kids, husband, and grandson one by one, but didn't have a motive for doing so.
In February of 1968, she was sent to the state mental hospital were she stayed until 1976.
As she grew older, she suffered from Parkinson's disease and when released from the mental hospital in April of 1999, she finally got medical care.
She was denied parole 17 times.
The last years of her life she was confined to a wheelchair in a nursing home in Douglasville, Georgia until she died on February 7, 2010.
Murderess. She was a serial killer who murdered 5 people including her 3 sons, a grandson, and her own husband by poisoning them with rat poisoning in 1966 and 1967.
She poisoned:
* Charles Clayton Gibbs, age 39, who died January 21, 1966. (Her husband.)
* Marvin Ronald Gibbs, age 13, died on August 29, 1966. (Her youngest son.)
* Melvin Watess Gibbs, age 16, died on January 23, 1967. (Her middle son.)
*Roger Ludean Gibbs, age 19, died on December 24, 1967. (Her eldest son.)
* Ronnie Edward Gibbs, age 1 month, died on October 28, 1967. (Her infant grandson.)
After murdering her family, she inherited $31,000 from their deaths and tithed 10% to her church. Originally, the cause of there deaths were believed to be contributed to liver disease, but she was arrested on on Christmas Eve- December 24, 1967.
Before she was arrested, the police and neighborhood were very suspecious of her in the first place due to her refusal of having a autopsy on the bodies. But yet, others were not. For what 35 year old grandmother who once even had a day-care center could murder her family.
She was discovered, however, when Janie Lou Gibbs oldest son's wife demanded a autopsy on her husband. They then found fatal arsenic in the young man's body. The court order the rest of the family's bodies to be exhumed from there graves.
When Janie was arrested, she admitted to feeding rat poisoning to her kids, husband, and grandson one by one, but didn't have a motive for doing so.
In February of 1968, she was sent to the state mental hospital were she stayed until 1976.
As she grew older, she suffered from Parkinson's disease and when released from the mental hospital in April of 1999, she finally got medical care.
She was denied parole 17 times.
The last years of her life she was confined to a wheelchair in a nursing home in Douglasville, Georgia until she died on February 7, 2010.
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