The Starkweather entry in volume 4 is only two pages, but still features a detailed recounting of the case, including an entire page of photographs of several of the victims. The Starkweather entry in this volume is approximately two pages long, with no illustrations. Published in In this edition the Starkweather entry is in Volume 2. This book contains detailed timelines, plus numerous photos of Starkweather, Fugate, the victims and the crime scenes.
Part Two is a detailed examination of the trials of both suspects. With Star editor James Lawrence out of town, it fell to Dyer — and his counterparts at the competing Lincoln Journal — to cover those shocking deaths and the series of killings over the next three days.
Published in , this book reprints many of the articles that appeared in these two newspapers, with typographic errors corrected and retrospective comments included. Frasier [R The bibliographic biographies note when applicable birth and death dates, aliases, occupation, location of the murders, weapons, number of victims, time period, quotations, and a brief overview of the murder case with a bibliography of related books, films, plays, videos, and audio programs.
The Starkweather case is covered in five pages. From journalist Graham Chester come terrifying true stories of notorious mass murders and the deranged killers who committed them. Includes references to Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate. With him when he was captured was his year-old ex-girlfriend Caril Fugate. The question soon arose, was Caril a kidnapped victim, or a heartless accomplice? Appointed to her case, Attorney John McArthur initially accepted the assignment out of a sense of constitutional duty.
But as he delved deeper, he found that the truth was far more complicated than anyone was letting on. Up against incredible odds, and with a strong conviction of her innocence, McArthur remained with Caril and fought for her freedom for 18 years.
For this service, he took no pay, accepting the case pro bono. In , the Nebraska Board of Pardons denied her application for a full pardon. A second request is due to come before the board February Exit on Interstate 25, 10 miles west of Douglas, Wyo. Starkweather fled east from there, through Douglas, and was captured about ten miles east of town on the old highway. Used with permission and thanks. Petersburg Times , 30 Jan. Pro Bono 36 says Fencil was stabbed to death and that 18 Mrs. It is possible that some of the wounds documented in the autopsy are exit wounds.
Upon examination, the gun was found to be empty. Ironically, Ainslie was a Nebraska native. Daily Sun , 25 May , 1. Fugate has told multiple stories about how she learned her family was dead. Daily Sun , 31 Oct. Pro Bono, The bodies of Marion and Velda Bartlett and their 2-year-old daughter were found stuffed in an outhouse on the family property on Monday, Jan.
Bartlett had been shot; young Betty Jean died of a fractured skull. Caril claimed she had a note seeking help from authorities in her pocket but the note was never produced.
Independent , 31 Jan. Skip to main content. Home Encyclopedia. Lesley Wischmann. Resources Books Beaver, Ninette. Philadelphia: J. Lippincott, McArthur, Jeff. Burbank, Calif. Newton, Michael. They killed both Mr. Ward and their maid, then headed to Washington state, where Starkweather's brother lived. By this point, the National Guard had been notified of the killing spree. Seeking to switch vehicles, Starkweather killed shoe salesman Merle Collison, but had trouble operating the unfamiliar car.
Encounters with passerby drew attention and a high-speed police chase ensued, ending after Sheriff Earl Heflin shot out the car's back window. Charged with multiple counts of murder, Charles Starkweather pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. He was sentenced to death and executed by electric chair in Lincoln on June 25, Fugate claimed that she was a hostage, but the jury found her guilty.
Because she was only 14 years old when she participated in the murders, she received a life sentence. She was paroled in June The killing spree shocked the nation, and reverberated throughout society for years to come with references in art and popular culture.
Badlands and Natural Born Killers were among the movies based on the murders, while Bruce Springsteen recorded a track in called "Nebraska," an account of events from Starkweather's point of view. In , Liza Ward, the grandaughter of two of the victims, wove the story of the murders into her novel Outside Valentine. Seven years later, Christian Patterson published Redheaded Peckerwood , a photographic chronicle of the people and places Starkweather and Fugate encountered while on the run.
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