4. Helen Patricia Moore
In March of 1980, 18-year-old Helen Patricia Moore’s 7-year-old brother Peter, was found dead at the bottom of the stairs of the family’s Sydney home.
Her mother called the police, and as a result a shocking story of a very disturbed young woman was finally revealed. Not only did Helen confess to murdering her little brother, she also admitted to killing two other children and attempting to kill two more.
It began in May 1979, when she was taking care of her 16 month old cousin. She suffocated the baby, but the death was attributed to cot death.
Then in January the following year she tried but failed to suffocate a 12 month old she was babysitting; after realising the boy was still alive she called an ambulance and thankfully he made a full recovery. Just one month later she tried again, smothering a two-year-old with a pillow. The child survived, but was left blind and severely disabled. She then went on to murder a two-year-old girl weeks later.
Helen told police she “loved killing”, but though she was given three life sentences she only ended up serving 13 years, being released in 1993.
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