
Typhoid Mary
The unusual case of Mary Mallon, the cook who infected dozens of people with typhoid fever, and the hunt to stop her causing an epidemic.
The Police found her completely naked, face down on her bed. Her clothes we found neatly folded on a chair next to the body and she had been dead for 2-3 days when her body was discovered. There were reports of sexual activity because a condom was found protruding from her anus, and she had suffered blunt force trauma from repeated blows to the head. They also discovered that most, if not all of her blood had been drained. Saliva was also found on her neck and other parts of her body and it is believed that the killer used the blood-stained gravy ladle to attempt to drink her blood.
The killer had left behind an abundance of evidence including hair and semen samples as well as fingerprints, but there was little the police could do with the evidence they had collected because DNA testing was not available. It was surmised that perhaps one of her regular clients had been involved in her death. As a result nine of her clients were questioned but no charges were brought and no clear suspect could be identified. The names of these clients were never released by the police at the time and it is also not clear if the police discounted Lilly’s ex husband as a possible suspect in her murder. The evidence from the case is kept in a display case in Stockholm’s Police Museum.
The unusual case of Mary Mallon, the cook who infected dozens of people with typhoid fever, and the hunt to stop her causing an epidemic.
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The unusual case of Mary Mallon, the cook who infected dozens of people with typhoid fever, and the hunt to stop her causing an epidemic.
A suspect in numerous unsolved crimes, John Cannan is a rapist and serial killer whom police suspect was involved in the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh.
The gunmen of the United Cartel were tasked with stopping the rise of a new and violent drug trafficking organization.