THE LITTLE OLD LADY KILLER: The Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico's First Female Serial Killer

For three years police in Mexico City struggled to uncover the identity of the killer responsible for the deaths of more than 40 elderly women, many of whom had been strangled in their homes with a stethoscope by someone posing as a government nurse. When del Silencio was arrested--and sentenced to 759 years in prison--for her crimes, her case captured the public imagination. Illus.