Pauline Parker

Pauline Yvonne Parker was born in 1938 in New Zealand. Together with her friend Juliet Hulme, she murdered her own mother Honora Parker on June 22, 1954. The two girls killed Honora because Juliet and her father were leaving shortly for South Africa. Pauline wanted to travel there, too, but her mother forbade it. According to their own accounts, Pauline and Juliet were devoted friends who collaborated on a series of adventure novels which they hoped would be bought by a Hollywood studio, turned into screenplays, and made into epic films.

References

• J.H.H. Gaute and Robin Odell, The New Murderer's Who's Who, 1996, Harrap Books, London
• Famous Criminal Cases, Volume Two, 1955, London
• Hallmark of Horror, 1973, London
• Obsession, 1958, London
• More Criminal Files, 1957, London
• Patrick Wilson, Children who kill, 1973, London
• NZ Women's Weekly article revealing Parker's new identity http://www.domusaurea.org/borovnia/hilary.html
• London Daily Mail, Jan. 6, 1997, p.17
• Original Newspaper articles of the trial