did ed gein kill adeline watkins

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Ed Gein did not kill Adeline Watkins. According to reports, Adeline Watkins was a woman who claimed to have had a romantic involvement with Ed Gein, but she was not one of his victims. Ed Gein admitted to the murders of Bernice Worden and Mary Hogan, but there is no evidence or credible information that he killed Adeline Watkins. In fact, Watkins herself denied a long-term romance with Gein after initially being reported as his girlfriend, clarifying their relationship as brief and not close. She also maintained her distance from him after his criminal activities were exposed.

The known victims of Ed Gein's confirmed murders are Bernice Worden and Mary Hogan. Adeline Watkins was more of an acquaintance or brief romantic interest rather than a victim.