Starkweather, Charles 1940-1959

EXECUTED "THRILL KILLER"

Teenage Killers.

Eighteen-year-old Charles Starkweather and his fourteen-year-old girlfriend Carii Ann Fugate shocked the nation in 1958 with a murder spree that crossed two states and took eleven lives, including those of Fugate's mother, stepfather, and two-year-old sister. Starkweather, who idolized the late teen-rebel movie star James Dean, killed his first victim, Robert Colvert, during a gas-station holdup on 1 December 1957. Over a month later, during a visit to Fugate's home, he argued with Fugate's parents and killed both of them and their youngest daughter. For the next several days Starkweather and Fugate stayed at the house, Carii Ann turning away any visitors that appeared. Then they left in Starkweather's car.

An End to the Terror.

In the days that followed Starkweather murdered seven more people in Nebraska and Wyoming. He and Fugate would rob their victims of any...

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