American spree killer who murdered five people including fashion designer Gianni Versace in a three-month killing spree across the United States in 1997. He was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list before committing suicide on a houseboat in Miami Beach.
A volunteer rather than a conscript, Barkmann sought out her role at Stutthof and carried out its worst functions — brutalizing prisoners and selecting women and children for the gas chambers — with an apparent personal investment that the historical record makes difficult to dismiss as mere compliance. Her case was among the first formally prosecuted at the postwar Stutthof trials, making her an early subject of judicial accountability for concentration camp personnel. The remark she delivered after sentencing has followed her story ever since.