Christine Falling

After serving 25 years in prison, Falling was eligible for parole. Her application for parole was rejected by the Parole Review Board in November 2017, no one supporting Falling attended her parole hearing. She will be given another hearing in seven years. Falling is imprisoned at the Homestead Correctional Institution in Homestead, Florida.

The turning point of the enigmatic death streak was the death of 10-week old Travis Coleman, who died on July 2, 1982, while Christine was taking care of him in Blountstown. At the autopsy the doctors found internal injuries that could only have been caused by suffocation. When the police contacted Falling, she confessed to murdering three of the children because she had heard voices telling her "Kill the baby". She had suffocated the children with pillows and blankets.

Christine Falling was sentenced to life imprisonment in December 1982, her confession preventing her from getting the death penalty.

In July 1981, Falling left Lakeland and returned to her hometown of Perry in Northern Florida. As few families wanted to entrust their children to her care, she began to work as a nursing assistant for seniors; 77-year old William Swindle died in his kitchen on the same day that Falling had started caring for him.

On February 25, 1980, 2-year old Cassidy Johnson was sent to a doctor's office in Blountstown, Florida. She was diagnosed with meningitis caused by traumatic brain injuries. Three days later, the girl died from internal injuries. Christine Falling, who had been babysitting for her, said that Cassidy had fallen out of her crib. The attending physician did not believe Falling, and recommended on a police notepad to check Christine. However, this note was lost on its way to the Police Department.

Shortly after the death of Cassidy Johnson, Falling moved to Lakeland, Florida. Two months later, in early summer 1980, 4-year old Jeffrey Davis died while under her supervision. The autopsy pointed to myocarditis as the cause of death; however, the doctors doubted whether this alone had caused Jeffrey's death. Three days later his funeral took place and Falling was asked to oversee her cousin, 2-year old Joseph Spring. He died a few hours later, doctors diagnosing a viral infection.

In September 1977 the 14-year old Christine was forced by her parents to marry a 20-year-old man called Goober Falling. But the marriage, which resulted in almost daily quarrels and altercations, ended in divorce after only six weeks. After that, she became seriously ill. In the next two years, she had to be hospitalized 50 times. She suffered from hallucinations, complained of "red dots" that appeared before her eyes, and menstrual bleeding at irregular levels. At the age of 16 she was diagnosed as incapacitated on medical instructions.

Christine Laverne Falling (née Slaughter; born March 12, 1963) is an American serial killer.