Elberta Martin, a young white female, died on May 15, 1945, as a victim of arsenic poisoning. She was one of several children poisoned by her mother, Rhonda Belle Martin, a serial killer who used arsenic to murder multiple family members over several years in Alabama. Elberta's death was initially believed to be from natural causes, as Rhonda's method of poisoning often mimicked common illnesses, allowing her crimes to go undetected for years.
The investigation into these deaths began in
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