country states death_date cause penalty birth_date victims beginyear birthname article_title endyear name apprehended
usa missouri august 20 , 1951 natural committed to mental facility october 1872 3-17 1900s bertha williams bertha gifford
 1928 bertha gifford 1928
bertha gifford

bertha gifford -lrb- october 1872 -- august 20 , 1951 -rrb- was a farmwife in rural catawissa , missouri during the early 1900s who was accused of murdering 17 members of the local community .
some consider her to be america 's third female serial killer , behind lydia sherman and jane toppan .
