Bad Girls of Arizona: Winnie Ruth Judd

Arizona has had its share of female criminals, but in the late 1920s and early 1930s, three Arizona women committed sensational crimes that attracted the attention of the nation. This is the third book in the series, though they need not be read in order.

Winnie Ruth Judd is, perhaps, the best known of Arizona’s “bad girls.” She became known as the “trunk murderess” when she killed two good friends, dismembered one of them, and shipped both bodies in trunks from Phoenix to Los Angeles by railroad. She traveled on the same train and became a fugitive when the bodies were discovered.