Jesse Pomeroy
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Jesse Harding Pomeroy was an American man who, as a juvenile, tortured and mutilated dozens of young boys in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and murdered at least two. He was found guilty by a jury trial
Charlestown State Prison, as depicted in 1840.
Lovebird
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Lovebird is the common name for the genus Agapornis, a small group of parrots in the Old World parrot family Psittaculidae. Of the nine extant species in the genus, all are native to the African conti
Jesse Pomeroy
…symptoms, and sudden mood swings. During this time, Pomeroy began exhibiting disturbing behavior. On one occasion, when Ruth had purchased a pair of lovebirds, she later discovered them with their heads twisted off. Between 1871 and Fall 1872, Pomeroy is known to have committed a minimum of nine attacks on…
Rosy faced lovebird
Green- and blue-series peach-faced lovebirds: two parents (left, center-right) with their two recently fledged chicks (center-left, right)
Hybrids (Fischer's lovebird × masked lovebird) in Nairobi, Kenya.
A yellow-collared lovebird perching by the entrance to a nest box in a large aviary at the Honolulu Zoo, Hawaii, USA