Wanda Stopa

Wanda Elaine Stopa (May 5, 1900 – April 25, 1924) was a Polish-American lawyer and murderer.

Wanda Elaine Stopa
Born(1900-05-05)May 5, 1900
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland, Russian Empire
DiedApril 25, 1924(1924-04-25) (aged 23)
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Resting placeBohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
OccupationDistrict attorney

Life

Stopa was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1900. She studied at The John Marshall Law School and became Chicago's youngest and first woman assistant U.S. district attorney.[1]

Stopa tried to shoot her lover's wife at her home in Palos Park, but accidentally shot and killed their 65-year old gardener, Henry Manning.[2] She fled the scene and led the police on a manhunt.[3]

Death

Stopa committed suicide by ingesting cyanide in a Detroit hotel room. Around 10,000 people attended her funeral.[4] She is buried at the Bohemian National Cemetery.[5]

In 2019, Stopa's story was featured in a Season 13 episode of the American television series Deadly Women, with Kelsie Feltrin portraying Stopa.[6]

References
  1. "The Girls of Murder City". Chicago magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  2. Loerzel, Robert. "The Girls of Murder City, by Douglas Perry". Chicago magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  3. "#283: The Murderess Down the Block, 1 of 2". 1,001 Chicago Afternoons. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  4. "Wanda Stopa". Chicago Tribune. April 30, 1924. p. 3. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  5. "WOMAN MURDERER SUICIDE IN DETROIT; Wanda Stopa, Who Killed Caretaker in Chicago Home, Takes Poison in Hotel". The New York Times. April 26, 1924. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  6. Kill the Competition, retrieved January 15, 2020


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