Francisca Ballesteros
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- Gender
- female
- Country
- Spain
- Location
- Melilla, Spain
- Date of birth
- 1969
- Age at first offence
- 21
- Characteristics
- poisoner
- Victim profile
- Her daughter Florinda González Ballesteros, five months old / H er husband Antonio González Barribino, 41 / Her daughter Sandra González Balllesteros , 15
- Method of murder
- Poisoning (Colme)
- Date(s) of murder
- 1990 / 2004
- Years active
- 1990–2004
- Date of arrest
- June 7, 2004
- Status
-
Imprisoned
Sentenced to a term of 84 years in prison on September 26, 2005
Case details
Francisca Ballesteros was born in 1969 and was a Spanish serial killer.
She was arrested and confessed to the murders on June 7, 2004.
Background
Francisca Ballesteros was born in Valencia. A few years later, she moved to Melilla.
After marrying Antonio González Barribino, Ballesteros gave birth to a girl named Florinda.
In 1990, Ballesteros suffered from postpartum depression and wanted to end her marriage, but she finally desisted.
The offence
Ballesteros decided to kill her family and flee to Valencia.
Ballesteros poisoned Florinda, who was only five months old, with Colme, a drug used to treat alcoholism.
After the death of the baby, Ballesteros decided to wait to kill the rest of her family.
In 2004, 14 years after murdering her daughter, Ballesteros, who had met many men through Internet, decided to kill the rest of her family, flee to the city where one of the men that she had met online was living, and marry him.
On 12 January 2004, Ballesteros killed her husband Antonio González Barribino with Colme and with the sedatives Zolpidem and Bromazepam.
On 4 June 2004, Ballesteros killed her daughter Sandra with the same medications and attempted to kill her 12-year old son Antonio, who was admitted to the hospital with poisoning on June 4, 2004.
Investigation
The autopsy, of her daughter Sandra, revealed that she had been poisoned.
Arrest and confession
On June 7, 2004, Ballesteros was arrested and confessed to the murders.
Sentencing
On September 26, 2005, Francisca Ballesteros was sentenced to a term of 84 years in prison.
Other details
Ballesteros planned to flee to Valencia after the death of Florinda and later, in 2004, planned to flee to the city where one of the men that she had met online was living. She also intended to marry him.
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