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On the 3 March 1892 in Melbourne Australia police discovered the dead body of a woman called Emily Mather. Over a week later her killed was captured, convicted and executed in Australia in May 1892. At the same time police in England found the dead bodies of Marie James and her four children Bertha, Mary, Sidney and Leala in a house in Rainhill near Liverpool. They had been killed the year before by husband and father Frederick Deeming. The same man who had killed Emily Mather. A family annihilator and bigamist, Deeming was a career criminal who made a life from duping and killing the women he deemed to love. He was also connected to another infamous serial killer who haunted the streets of London in Victorian England. 

This is the story of Marie James and her children Bertha, Mary, Sidney and Lila, and Emily Mather.  

Information and support 

·       Samaritans UK Contact Us | Samaritans 

·       Women’s Aid Home - Women's Aid

·       Mental health support USA Mental Health America | Homepage | Mental Health America

References 

Marie James - the Porthgain girl who married a murderer | Local folk / Trigolion yr ardal, Porthgain | Fishguard and Goodwick local history

The case of Frederick Deeming: The true crime archive as publication event - The Australian National University

Casebook: Jack the Ripper - The Life and Crimes of Frederick Bailey Deeming

The Australian Ripper: Frederi–Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories – Apple Podcasts

THE DEEMING MURDERS OF 1891 – Ormskirk Historical Society

Emily Mather | Monument Australia

Marie (James) Deeming (bef.1853-1891) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Memorial for Victorian murder victims? | St Helens Star

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper: Amazon.co.uk: Rubenhold, Hallie: 9780857524485: Books

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