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Hedda Nussbaum (born August 8, 1942) is an American woman who was a caregiver of a six-year-old girl who died of physical abuse in 1987. The death of the girl, Lisa Steinberg, sparked a controversial trial and media frenzy. The legal case was one of the first to be televised " gavel to gavel." [1] .
Lisa was born on May 14, 1981, at Beekman Downtown Hospital in lower Manhattan. She was the daughter of Michele Launders, 19, and a 20-year-old college student unable to provide financial support. Opposed to having an abortion, Michele visited a physician sympathetic to her plight.
Steinberg was under the influence of crack cocaine when he hit Lisa on the head on November 1, 1987. After the attack, he left the apartment for a dinner appointment with a friend. When he returned, he refused to help the child and instead freebased cocaine for the next several hours.
Oct 24, 2018 · Nussbaum shot to national infamy in 1987 when she was charged, along with her live-in partner, Joel Steinberg, in the murder of their illegally adopted daughter, Lisa, age 6.
Jan 15, 1989 · On Nov. 5, 1987, 6-year-old Lisa Steinberg died of brain injuries. Her illegally adoptive father, the lawyer Joel B. Steinberg, is accused of beating her to death and showing...
News about Lisa Steinberg, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
May 18, 1990 · In November 1987, Lisa Steinberg, a first-grader, was beaten and left to die in her home in New York City. A baby boy was found tethered to a urine-soaked playpen in the next room. Joel...
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