Sunday, November 29, 2015 https://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2015/11/ziapasa-daughter-3-year-old-murderess.html?m=1 Ziapasa Daughter, 3-Year-Old Murderess – West Virginia, 1906 Benwood, West Virginia FULL TEXT: Wheeling W. Va., April 11. – The youngest murderess in the history of this state is the 3-year-old daughter of Michael Ziapasa, of Benwood, who so badly wounded a 2-months-old baby of a neighbor, Edward Schepech, that it died. In the absence of the baby’s mother, the Ziapasa child attacked it with a butcher knife, cutting off its nose, stabbing it in the breast in many places and almost severing its arm. [“Baby Murders Baby – Three-Year-Old Cuts Infant to Pieces With Butcher Knife.” Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), Apr. 12, 1906, p. 1] Note: The spelling “Schepoch” is given in a different source. [“Baby Kills Baby – Three-Year-Old Girl Hacked and Stabbed Infant with Butcher Knife.” The Charlotte News (N. C.), Apr. 13, 1906, p. 3] BABY MURDERS BABY. Three-Year-Old Child Cuts Infant Pieces With Butcher Knife. (Special to the Daily Press.) WHEELING. W. VA., The youngest April 11.-- murderess in the his. tory of this state is the 3-year-old daughter of Michael Ziapasa, or Ben- wood, who so badly wounded a 2. months-old baby of a neighbor. Ed. ward Sehepech, that It died. In the absence of the baby's mother, the Ziapasa child, attacked it with a buteher knife, cutting on its nose, stabbing it in the chest in many