on 1 February, where she gave birth to a son on 15 February at the house of a Borgergade family, whom had been assigned by the Fødselsstiftelsen to look after her. Concerning the child's father, she wrote to him claiming that she was in Karrebæk, looking after her sick mother. Fourth child, arrest and execution At the beginning of March, Andersdatter told her hosts in Borgergade that her mother had sent word that the child could be cared for by a family of crofters based in Karrebæk. On 5 March she left with the baby, first to Frederiksberg Gardens, where she planned to drown it in one of the canals. However, there were too many people, so she instead changed her route to Damhus Lake. Since it was crowded there as well, she remembered the well at the corner of Rødovrevej and Rødager, where she had drowned the second child years before. She waited until nightfall, when there were fewer people around, then threw the child into a well and returned to her lodging in Borgergade, where she claimed that the boy had been picked up by the family in Ringsted as agreed. On 30 March the dead baby was found, and this time, police arrested Andersdatter, who had been seen snooping around the area. She immediately made a full confession, and during interrogations, it also emerged that she had killed two previous children. At her trial, eight of the ten Supreme Court justices wanted to pardon her, as had become customary, stating that a servant and single mother, she was unable to properly care for the children; her good employment record, and not the least, that she had repented and found comfort in her faith. Andersdatter kept saying that she loved her children, but could not think of any way to provide support without turning to prostitution or giving them away to poor farmers. Nevertheless, she was sentenced to death, with the verdict upheld by Frederick VII by request of the Justice Minister, a move backed by the outraged public. The only major difference was that the execution would be held in private. On 21 December 1861 the convict was driven to the courthouse on Rødovre Mark in a mistful morning, where many had turned up. She calmly climbed onto the scaffold, said a small prayer, put her neck scarf in her pocket and her head on the chopping