Evelyn Frechette Criminal

Mary Evelyn "Billie" Frechette (September 15, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was an American Métis singer, waitress, convict, and lecturer known for her personal relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger in the early 1930s.Frechette is known to have been involved with Dillinger for about six months, until her arrest and imprisonment in 1934. She finished two years in prison in 1936, then toured the United States with Dillinger's family for five years with their "Crime Did Not Pay" show. She married and returned to the Menominee Indian Reservation, where she was born, for a quieter life in her later decades.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 15, 1907
Birth place
Wisconsin , Neopit Wisconsin , United States
Date of deathJanuary 13, 1969
Place of death
Shawano Wisconsin , United States

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  1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dillinger/peopleevents/p_frechette.html