Velma Barfield: America’s First Woman Executed by Lethal Injection

Velma Barfield: America’s First Woman Executed by Lethal Injection

Explore the chilling true story of Velma Barfield, a North Carolina serial killer and the first woman in the U.S. executed by lethal injection. Discover her crimes, trial, religious conversion, and controversial execution.

Francisco Guerrero Pérez, known as “El Chalequero”, was one of the first serial killers documented in Mexico. His crimes shook society in the 19th century. He attacked women in vulnerable situations. At least 20 murders with signs of violence and mutilation were attributed to him. He was captured and executed in 1910. His case motivated studies on psychopathy, violence and criminal profiling in Mexico. Although few remember, his story is as frig…