Marybeth Tinning
MARYBETH
TINNING
Crime
Accused of killing one of her nine children and under suspicion of killing the other eight. Deaths began in 1971.
Jennifer- Meningitis
Joseph Jr.- Cardiopulmonary arrest
Barbara- Reye syndrome
Timothy- SIDS
Nathan- Acute pulmonary edema
Crime
(cont’d)
Mary Frances- SIDS
Jonathan- Cardiopulmonary arrest
Michael- Pneumonia
Tami Lynne- SIDS
Almost all died from different things except three were SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
Background
Marybeth Roe was born on September 11, 1942, in Duanesburg, New York.
She was an average student at Duanesburgh High
School and after graduation she worked at various jobs until she settled in as a nursing assistant at
Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York.
In 1963, at the age of 21, Marybeth met Joe
Tinning on a blind date. The two dated for several months and married in 1965.
The Trial
The murder trial of Marybeth Tinning began in
Schenectady County Court on June, 22, 1987. A lot of the trial centered on the cause of Tami
Lynne's death. The defense had several physicians testify that the Tinning children suffered from a genetic defect which was a new syndrome, a new disease.
The Trial
(cont’d)
SIDS expert, Dr. Marie Valdez-Dapena, testified that suffocation rather than disease is what killed
Tami Lynne.
Marybeth Tinning did not testify during the trial.
Evidence
Police officials initially suspected that Tami Lynne died of SIDS, but laboratory analysis determined that her death resulted from smothering.
Dr. Michael Baden explained to the Schenectady
Police Chief that children that are SIDS babies do not turn blue. They look like normal children after they die. If a baby was blue, he suspected it was caused by homicidal asphyxia.
Verdict
Marybeth Tinning, 44, was found guilty of seconddegree murder of Tami Lynne Tinning.
She was sentenced to 20 years to life and was sent to Bedford Hills Prison for Women in New
York.
Accused
TINNING
Crime
Accused of killing one of her nine children and under suspicion of killing the other eight. Deaths began in 1971.
Jennifer- Meningitis
Joseph Jr.- Cardiopulmonary arrest
Barbara- Reye syndrome
Timothy- SIDS
Nathan- Acute pulmonary edema
Crime
(cont’d)
Mary Frances- SIDS
Jonathan- Cardiopulmonary arrest
Michael- Pneumonia
Tami Lynne- SIDS
Almost all died from different things except three were SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
Background
Marybeth Roe was born on September 11, 1942, in Duanesburg, New York.
She was an average student at Duanesburgh High
School and after graduation she worked at various jobs until she settled in as a nursing assistant at
Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York.
In 1963, at the age of 21, Marybeth met Joe
Tinning on a blind date. The two dated for several months and married in 1965.
The Trial
The murder trial of Marybeth Tinning began in
Schenectady County Court on June, 22, 1987. A lot of the trial centered on the cause of Tami
Lynne's death. The defense had several physicians testify that the Tinning children suffered from a genetic defect which was a new syndrome, a new disease.
The Trial
(cont’d)
SIDS expert, Dr. Marie Valdez-Dapena, testified that suffocation rather than disease is what killed
Tami Lynne.
Marybeth Tinning did not testify during the trial.
Evidence
Police officials initially suspected that Tami Lynne died of SIDS, but laboratory analysis determined that her death resulted from smothering.
Dr. Michael Baden explained to the Schenectady
Police Chief that children that are SIDS babies do not turn blue. They look like normal children after they die. If a baby was blue, he suspected it was caused by homicidal asphyxia.
Verdict
Marybeth Tinning, 44, was found guilty of seconddegree murder of Tami Lynne Tinning.
She was sentenced to 20 years to life and was sent to Bedford Hills Prison for Women in New
York.
Accused