Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 September 1973

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Two days before Long was scheduled to be executed he took an overdose of prescription drugs and was hospitalized in Galveston, Texas. Officials in Texas refused to delay the execution. Initially placed on a ventilator, Long improved significantly by the next day. He was placed on a medically supervised flight back to Huntsville on the day of his scheduled execution so that he could be executed as scheduled.
(8 December 1999)

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Sunday 9th of September 1973

51 years ago

Jewry Billings is assaulted and raped with a hammer by serial killer Harvey Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer aka Harv the Hammer at the age of 13 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

When Billings' ordeal was over Carignan released his battered captive but the incident was so humiliating that the girl maintained it as a closely-guarded secret for a period of several months.