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- Velma dropped out high school in her junior year. She eloped with her first husband at the age of 17 and settled down in Paxton. In 1964 her husband was injured in a car crash and lost his job. He began to drink heavily eventually becoming an alcoholic. Velma had him committed to Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh. Meanwhile she worked at a local mill and took prescription tranquilizers for 'peace of mind'. Her husband 'mysteriously' burned to death in his bed in 1969 while smoking. Her second husband died within 6 months of their marriage. Velma was hospitalized 4 times for drug overdoses. Yet she still remained dutifully religious amd taught Sunday school at the Pentecostal church. Velma began to incur debts and wrote hot checks to cover them. In 1974 she killed her own mother, Lillie, with insecticide so that she could fake her signature on a $1,000 loan. She poisoned two of her employers and a lover over the next few years. The relatives of her lover did not belive that he could have just died from 'acute gastroenteritis' and so a full autopsy was performed. It was found that he had been poisoned with arsenic which could mimic acute gastroenteritis. Autopsies on her 2nd husband revealed the same. Velma Barfield confessed to her crimes. In court the jury deliberated for an hour and found her guilty of first degree murder. She was sentenced to be executed in 1984.
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Bonnie Dodd was born on 9 January 1914 in Arkansas, USA. Bonnie died on 2 November 1984 in San Diego, California, USA.- Writer
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Eugeen Winters was born on 7 August 1907 in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands. He was a writer, known for Schipper naast Mathilde (1955), Kerstspel om middernacht (1960) and De wilde eend (1961). He died on 2 November 1984.- Uno Loit was born on 30 April 1925 in Tapa, Estonia. He was an actor, known for Keskpäevane praam (1967), Mis juhtus Andres Lapeteusega? (1966) and Khochu verit (1965). He died on 2 November 1984 in Kihnu, Estonia.