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Subj: Today in History - Jul 23
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Jul 23, 1918:
A string of mysterious deaths surrounds a Nebraska woman
Della Sorenson kills the first of her seven victims in rural
Nebraska by poisoning her sister-in-law's infant daughter, Viola
Cooper. Over the next seven years, friends, relatives, and
acquaintances of Sorenson repeatedly died under mysterious
circumstances before anyone finally realized that it had to be
more than a coincidence.
Two years after little Viola met her demise, Wilhelmina Weldam,
Sorenson's mother-in-law, was poisoned. Sorenson then went after
her own family, killing her daughter, Minnie, and husband, Joe,
over a two-week period in September.
Waiting only four months before marrying again, Sorenson then
settled in Dannebrog, Neb. In August 1922, her former
sister-in-law came to visit with another infant, four-month-old
Clifford. Just as she had done with Viola, Sorenson poisoned the
poor child with a piece of candy. The unfortunate Mrs. Cooper,
still oblivious to what was happening, came back again in October
to visit with yet another child. This time, Sorenson's poison
didn't work.
Early in 1923, Sorenson killed her own daughter, Delia, on her
first birthday. When Sorenson's friend brought her infant
daughter for a visit only a week later, the tiny infant was also
poisoned. After an attempt on Sorenson's second husband's life
left him sick--but not dead--authorities began to think that
there might be a connection between these series of deaths.
Finally, in 1925, Sorenson was arrested when she made an
unsuccessful attempt at killing two children in the neighborhood
with poisoned cookies. She confessed to the crimes, saying, "I
like to attend funerals. I'm happy when someone is dying."
Sentiments like this convinced doctors that Sorenson was
schizophrenic, and she was committed to the state mental asylum.
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