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Charles Starkweather died in the electric chair at the Nebraska State Penitentiary 62 years ago today, showing as little emotion as he had displayed when questioned about the 11 victims in the case.
Starkweather's killing spree began Jan. 21, 1958, when he murdered his girlfriend's mother, stepfather and baby sister. It ended with his arrest eight days later near Douglas, Wyoming.
The Nebraska Pardons Board voted 3-0 to deny a pardon or even grant a hearing to consider on…
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Caril Fugate and Charles Starkweather in a snapshot taken by his landlady a few months before their January 1958 murder spree.
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National Guardsmen Specialist 2nd Class Bobbie Michaud and Specialist 2nd Class Eugene Lackey stand guard at 13th and O streets in downtown Lincoln in this photo from January 1958. Gov. Victor Anderson requested that the Nebraska National Guard assist the Lincoln Police Department in patrolling the city during Charles Starkweather’s crime spree.
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Caril Ann Fugate
A request for a pardon by Caril Ann Fugate, shown in a police car after being taken into custody in 1958, was denied on Feb. 18.
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150. Charles Starkweather
150.Ìý Charles Starkweather
1938-1959
Spree killer
The most infamous Nebraskan, Lincoln garbage man Starkweather killed 11 people in Southeast Nebraska and Wyoming during a two-month murder spree in 1957 and 1958. He has been the subject of movies, books and Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska.â€
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Caril Ann Fugate
Caril Ann Fugate (center) was convicted of murder after accompanying Charlie Starkweather on a 1958 crime spree.
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Starkweather
Charles Starkweather's driver's license
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Caril Ann Fugate
Caril Ann Fugate, left, is greeted by her sister.Â
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Report
A file from the investigator on police performance in handling the Starkweather murders.
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Starkweather
Charles Starkweather
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Starkweather guns
Starkweather guns
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Caril Fugate Clair
Caril Ann (Fugate) Clair and her husband, Frederick A. Clair, who died in a car accident in August 2013.
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Charles Starkweather
Charlie Starkweather's grave at Wyuka Cemetery is one of the few indigent burial sites in the cemetery with a grave marker. Starkweather killed 11 people in 1957-1958. He was executed in the electric chair in 1959.
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