Fanny Adams | |
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| Born | April 30, 1859 |
| Died | August 24, 1867 (aged 8) Alton, Hampshire, England |
| Cause of death | Blunt force trauma |
| Body discovered | 24 August 1867 |
| Known for | Victim of a notorious murder |
Fanny Adams (30 April 1859 – 24 August 1867) was an eight-year-old English girl who was murdered by a solicitor's clerk, Frederick Baker, in Alton, Hampshire, in 1867. Her murder was extraordinarily brutal and caused a national outcry in the United Kingdom. Baker abducted Adams and took her into a hop garden near her home, where he killed and dismembered her; some parts of her body were never found. An investigation suggested that two small knives were used for the murder, but it was later ruled they would have been insufficient to carry out the crime and that another weapon must have been used.