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Elizabeth Ann Duncan
American murderer (1904–1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elizabeth Ann Duncan (born Hazel Lucille Sinclaira Nigh [1] (April 16, 1904 [2] in Kansas City, Missouri[3] – August 8, 1962) was an American murderer. She was convicted of orchestrating the murder of her daughter-in-law in 1958. She was the last woman to be executed in California before the United States Supreme Court suspended the death penalty under Furman v. Georgia.[4]
Elizabeth Ann Duncan | |
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![]() Duncan on April 3, 1959 | |
Born | Hazel Lucille Sinclaira Nigh April 16, 1904 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | August 8, 1962 (aged 58) |
Cause of death | Execution by gas chamber |
Criminal status | Executed |
Conviction(s) | First degree murder |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Duncan was convicted of hiring 24-year-old Augustine Baldonado and 23-year-old Luis Moya to murder her daughter-in-law, Olga Duncan, who was seven months pregnant at the time.[5] All three were executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison on August 8, 1962, the last triple execution in California.