Baba Anujka | |
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 Baba Anujka during the 1929 trial | |
| Born | Ana Drakšin 1838 |
| Died | 1 September 1938 (aged 100) |
| Other names | The Banat Witch The Witch of Vladimirovac |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | 15 years imprisonment with hard labour |
| Details | |
| Victims | 50–150 |
| Country | Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Date apprehended | June 1928 |
Ana di Pištonja,[note 1] (née Drakšin[5] or Draxin)[4] better known as Baba Anujka,[note 2] (Serbian Cyrillic: Баба Анујка; c. 1836 or 1838 – 1 September 1938) was a Serbo-Romanian convicted serial killer amateur chemist from the village of Vladimirovac, which was during her life part of the Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary and eventually Yugoslavia. She poisoned at least 50 people and possibly as many as 150 in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was apprehended in 1928 at age 90 and sentenced to 15 years in prison in 1929 as an accomplice in two murders. She was released due to old age after spending eight years in prison.
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