List of Famous people born in Landen, Belgium

Marie Alexandrine Becker

Marie Alexandrine Petitjean

First Name Marie

Last Name Becker

Born on July 14, 1879

Died on June 11, 1942 (aged 62)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region, Landen

Serial Killer

Marie Alexandrine Becker, nicknamed "The Black Widow", was a Belgian serial killer who was sentenced to death for poisoning eleven people between 1933 and 1936, and attempting to poison five others. Since capital punishment in Belgium had not been applied since 1863, her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

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