Lyda Southard
Lyda Trueblood | |
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| Born | October 16, 1892 Keytesville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | February 5, 1958 (aged 65) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
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| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Motive | Life insurance |
| Conviction | Second degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | 10 years to life in prison |
| Details | |
| Victims | 1–6 |
Span of crimes | 1915–1920 |
| Country | United States |
| States | Idaho, Montana |
| Weapon | Arsenic poisoning |
Date apprehended | May 1921 |
Lyda Southard (October 16, 1892 – February 5, 1958), also known as Lyda Anna Mae Trueblood, was an American female suspected serial killer. It was suspected that she had killed four of her husbands, a brother-in-law, and her daughter by using arsenic poisoning derived from flypaper in order to obtain life insurance money.