Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 May 1978

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

"I had to lie down, and I was just laying down all the time, and a couple of years went by. And the bones in my right leg from the knee down were not healing."
(13 October 1937)

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Friday 26th of May 1978

46 years ago

Eric Christgen is abducted, sexually abused and suffocated by serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate at the age of 4 in , .

In February 1979 25-year-old Melvin Reynolds, a man of limited intelligence, confessed to Christgen's murder after 14 hours of questions, promises and threats. Reynolds gave in and said "I'll say so if you want me to". He was sentenced to life imprisonment and released four years later when Hatcher confessed to the murder.