Emma LeDoux (September 10, 1875 - July 6, 1941) was the first woman sentenced to death in the State of California.

She had been convicted of murdering Albert McVicar, her third husband, whom she had poisoned and stuffed into a steamer trunk.

[1] On March 24, 1906, the body of Albert McVicar, Emma's third husband, was found in a steamer trunk that was left on the platform of the Stockton Train Depot.

LeDoux had purchased the trunk earlier at a store in Stockton, while she and Albert were staying at lodgings in town.

She was found to have poisoned Albert with morphine, physically assaulted him, and stuffed him into the trunk while he was still alive.

Her hanging was scheduled for October 19 at San Quentin Prison; however, she received a stay of execution, and remained in jail until 1909.

[4] The steamer trunk used by LeDoux in the murder of Albert McVicar is on display at the Haggin Museum in Stockton.