Francisca Ballesteros

Francisca Ballesteros (born 1969) is a Spanish woman who poisoned to death her first baby, a five month old daughter, in 1990. Fourteen years later, in 2004, she killed her husband and second daughter because she had met a man on the Internet and wanted to run away from her parenting and marriage to be with her new found lover. Ballesteros then tried to poison her twelve-year-old son, although he survived after eight months of recovery. Following her son's poisoning Spanish authorities finally arrested her. She was convicted on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder and sentenced to eighty-four years in prison in 2005.

Francisca Ballesteros
Born1969 (age 5455)
Valencia, Spain
Other names
  • The Melilla Poisoner
  • The Poisoner of Melilla
  • Paqui Ballesteros
Criminal statusIncarcerated
Conviction(s)Murder, Attempted murder
Criminal chargeMurder
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