Chelsea is bringing y’all a newly identified and ever evolving case of a potential Femme Fatale.  America’s newest possible female serial killer Rebecca Auborn operated around the Columbus, Ohio region. Chelsea is reporting on this case now with the little information available as it is still an ongoing investigation. What is known thus far, is that there are currently four identified victims (a fifth having survived) that were unknowingly given Fentanyl by Auborn and overdosed as a result. If this is what it seems to be, with premeditation and all, then this case sets a precedent for guising serial murder as ‘accidental overdoses’. Should you know anything at all about this case, please contact the Columbus Division of Police homicide tip line at 614-645-2228. 

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Bruner, B., & Laird, J. (2023, November 2). Victims of suspected Columbus “serial killer” identified. The Columbus Dispatch. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2023/11/01/accused-columbus-serial-killers-alleged-victims-identified-coroner-autopsy-records/71396852007/  

CBS Interactive. (2023, October 26). Ohio woman indicted on murder charges in “serial killings” of at least four men, attorney general says. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/ohio-woman-rebecca-auborn-indicted-serial-killings-fatal-overdose-men/  

CDC. (2023, September 6). Fentanyl facts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/stopoverdose/fentanyl/index.html 

Dickinson, R. (2023, September 14). Woman arrested in connection to overdose-related homicide in Columbus. Shore News Network. https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/09/14/woman-arrested-in-connection-to-overdose-related-homicide-in-columbus/ 

Kandel, J. (2023, October 26). “don’t buy sex in Ohio”: Woman who allegedly drugged and robbed “Johns” Faces 4 murder charges. Law & Crime. https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dont-buy-sex-in-ohio-woman-who-allegedly-drugged-and-robbed-johns-charged-with-4-murders/  

Laird, J. (2023, October 30). Columbus woman accused of serial murders in overdose deaths pleads not guilty, waives bond. The Columbus Dispatch. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2023/10/30/accused-columbus-serial-killed-pleads-not-guilty-in-overdose-deaths/71345314007/  

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