Ocey Snead | |
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![]() Snead on December 21, 1907 | |
Born | Oceana Wardlaw Martin September 1885 Manhattan, New York, US |
Died | November 29, 1909 East Orange, New Jersey, US | (aged 24)
Cause of death | Murder by drugging and drowning |
Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery, Westchester County, New York |
Spouse | Fletcher Wardlaw Snead |
Children | 2 |
Oceana Wardlaw Martin Snead (September 1885 – November 29, 1909) also known as Ocey Snead, was an American woman who was drugged and drowned in East Orange, New Jersey by her own family to collect $32,000 (equivalent to $1,090,000 in 2023) in insurance money.