Melissa Ann Shepard | |
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Born | Melissa Ann Russell May 16, 1935 Burnt Church, New Brunswick, Canada |
Known for | Manslaughter, fraud |
Melissa Ann Shepard (née Russell; born May 16, 1935), also known as Melissa Ann Weeks, Melissa Ann Friedrich, Melissa Ann Shephard and Melissa Ann Stewart,[1] sometimes given the sobriquet of Internet Black Widow, is a Canadian murderer and habitual offender. Shepard has been convicted of manslaughter in the death of one of her husbands, convicted of poisoning another, and convicted of numerous fraud offenses.