Killing Her Husband Wasn't Enough for Stella Nickell; to Make Her Point, She Poisoned a Stranger

By Joyce Wadler, Meg Grant

UPDATED 07/04/1988 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 07/04/1988 at 01:00 AM EDT

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