Winnie Ruth Judd

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Perhaps one of the most questionable cases of all time belongs to the crime committed by Winnie Ruth Judd in 1931. While she is infamous for being one of the vilest serial killers in history, some question whether or not she actually committed the murders, or whether she really had to kill in self defense. Through her plights, Winnie Ruth Judd contrived one of the most well-known national stories of the twentieth century. Winnie Ruth Judd was born on January 29, 1905, in Oxford, Indiana. Her mother was a friendly Christian woman, who worked hard to take care of her family and keep the house in order. Judd’s father was a Free Methodist minister, who believed there was some good in everyone. Winnie grew up with one other sibling, a brother, who was 19 months younger than her. She grew up in Indiana, and eventually, at the age of eighteen, married a medical doctor named William C. Judd on April 18, 1924. Soon after, they traveled to Vanegas, Mexico, where the doctor had obtained a job working at a silver mine. The couple spent three years in Mexico—the only perceptibly happy years they would ever experience together. Winnie became pregnant twice, but both times the baby did not make it through labor due to the tuberculosis Winnie had developed as a child that was now intensifying from of the weather in Mexico. Over the course of the three years, Ruth, as she liked to be called, returned to the states three times because of her ailment. She finally went to Phoenix, and stayed there, concluding that her health could not handle the conditions of Mexico. But frankly, Phoenix is the city Winnie Ruth Judd is most known for. Having taken several jobs, Ruth finally settled with a job at a Clinic where she obtained a steady income fo... ... middle of paper ... ... about...As time passes, more and more people will join the ranks of those who think her sentence should be commuted. What we will see is not a question of modern penology, but the portrayal of out-and-out persecution of an elderly grandmother type unfortunate woman. It is incumbent upon the board to give her a commutation of sentence now. On December 21, 1971, Arizona Governor Jack Williams put pen to paper and presented Winnie Ruth Judd with official parole. Winnie lived in her old age for quite some time after her release. She returned to California to work for the Nichols family which had previously employed her. She later moved to Stockton, California for a few years before going back to Phoenix for the last time. Winnie Ruth Judd died on October 23, 1998 in her sleep, at the age of 93, ending a long, respectable, famous, and forever-to-be-remembered life.

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