Marybeth Tinning Research Paper

Shaker Campbell
Marybeth Tinning Marybeth Tinning is an American serial killer, killing 9 of her children. Tinning was born in Duanesburg, a small town in New York. She had one younger brother, and they both attended Duanesburg School. Tinning was described by her former teachers as no more than an average student. Her father’s name was Alton Roe, and he worked as a press operator for General Electric, the area’s largest employer. Nothing is ever mentioned of Tinning’s mother, so she either died or was not in her life. During Police interviews Tinning claimed that she was abused by her father during her childhood. In 1986, Tinning confessed to a police officer that
Their deaths were not really questioned, but ruled as some kind of curse put unto the Tinning’s. The doctors claimed once that the Tinning children had genetic deficiencies that caused the early deaths because Marybeth’s first child actually died in the hospital, never making it home. Even after being convicted, evidence shows no constant method in which Marybeth killed her children. Marybeth has committed to smothering a couple, and evidence shows that she probably drugged and poisoned the others. However, there are consistencies in the situations in which each of the children had died. The night before almost every child died Marybeth would rush them to the emergency room. She would make something up saying that the child had had concussions, seizures, asthma attacks, etc. After the doctor would observe the child, the child would be sent back home. Tinning always opposed of letting the child stay overnight, even though she had rushed them to the ER room very worried and dramatic. The very next day, Marybeth would show