First Woman Executed Since 1962

Date: November 2, 1984 • Location: Washington, United States

The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.

Margie Velma Barfield was an American serial killer who was convicted of one murder but was linked to seven murders in total. She became the first woman in the United States to be executed after the resumption of capital punishment in 1976, and the first since 1962. She was also the first woman to be executed by lethal injection.