Perpetrator in Belle Gunness and the La Porte Farm
Born Brynhild Paulsdatter Størset in Selbu, Norway; never tried. Legally presumed to have died in the fire of April 28, 1908, but her fate is unknown.
1900–1908 · La Porte, Indiana · Never caught
When her Indiana farmhouse burned in 1908, searchers found a dozen people buried on her land. Belle Gunness was declared dead. Many doubted it. Read the case.
Dated events
She marries Peter Gunness, whose infant daughter dies in her care a week later.
Peter Gunness dies of a head injury; a coroner's jury reaches no charge.