Megan Huntsman
| Megan Huntsman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Darren West (Undated.divorced) |
| 👶 Children | 10[1] |
| Twitter= | |
Megan Hunstman is an American serial killer who murdered six of her newborn children shortly after giving birth to them between 1996 and 2006 in Utah.[3][4][5]
Her crimes were discovered in April 2014 when her ex-husband Darren West began cleaning out the garage of the Pleasant Grove house he once shared with her. While moving several boxes, West discovered a small white box, wrapped in plastic, containing the small, decomposing body of a baby. Appalled by his discovery, he continued to remove the mess at the scene and found six other bodies, one of which was later determined in an autopsy to not have been murdered but was stillborn. West then reported to the police and after an investigation it was determined that the babies were his children, but that Megan, unbeknownst to him, had murdered them minutes after they were delivered.[6][7][8]
Early life[edit]
Huntsman Grew up in Pleasant Grove as the oldest child of an industrial painter and a mother who worked at a grocery store, among other jobs. She was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but had not been active by the time of her arrest according to her uncle Larry Huntsman. Huntsman attended Pleasant Grove High School during which she met her future husband Darren West whom she married shortly after turning 18.[7][9]
Murders[edit]
Megan committed all of her murders either by strangulation or suffocation then hid the bodies in the walls of her house.[10] Police said Huntsman had been a heavy methamphetamine user and "didn't want the babies".[11][12]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Report: Utah woman allegedly hid pregancies of living kids, too". www.cbsnews.com.
- ↑ "Woman serving 15 to life for killing 6 babies ineligible for parole until 2064".
- ↑ "Utah woman Megan Huntsman jailed for killing babies". BBC News. April 20, 2015.
- ↑ Payne, Ed (April 21, 2015). "Utah mom admits killing 6 babies after giving birth". CNN.
- ↑ "Babies killed by mother after birth in Utah home, police say". ABC7 Los Angeles.
- ↑ "Megan Huntsman: Is there a documentary on Netflix about this murderous mom?". MARCA. May 3, 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Healy, Jack; Kovaleski, Serge F. (April 27, 2014). "One Mother, 7 Dead Newborns and a Stunned Community in Utah". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Police find seven dead babies in Utah County home". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ↑ "One mother, 7 dead newborns and a stunned community in Utah".
- ↑ "Utah mom admits to strangling or suffocating her 6 babies immediately after they were born, police say". The Tuscaloosa News.
- ↑ "Utah woman Megan Huntsman jailed for killing babies". BBC News. 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Police say meth use was motive for Pleasant Grove mom to kill babies".
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