BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 310                 Tuesday, 5 November 2024         Antwerpen		
I'm Beginning to See the Light
Serial killer
Arthur John Shawcross
aka The Genesee River Killer


  • 6 June 1945 (+) is born in Kittery, United States.

  • 22 April 1972 (x) marries his third wife, Penny Sherbino in Watertown, United States.

  • 7 May 1972 (-) abducted, raped and strangled Jack Blake in Watertown, United States.

  • 2 September 1972 (-) abducted, raped and strangled Karen Hill in Watertown, United States.

  • 17 October 1972 (x) is sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in Watertown, United States.

  • 18 March 1987 (-) abducted and strangled Dorothy Blackburn in Rochester, United States.

  • 30 April 1987 (x) is paroled and released from prison after serving 14 of a 25-year sentence for the murder of 10-year-old Jack Owen Blake in Watertown on 7 May 1972 in Stormville, United States.

  • 9 July 1988 (-) strangled Anna Steffen in Rochester, United States.

  • 29 September 1989 (-) strangled and her neck broken Patricia Ives in Rochester, United States.

  • 23 October 1989 (-) abducted, assaulted and strangled June Stott in Rochester, United States.

  • 11 November 1989 (-) raped, beaten and strangled Frances Brown in Rochester, United States.

  • 25 November 1989 (-) abducted and strangled Elizabeth Gibson in Rochester, United States.

  • 15 December 1989 (-) beaten to death Darlene Trippi in Rochester, United States.

  • 17 December 1989 (-) strangled and mutilated June Cicero in Rochester, United States.

  • 28 December 1989 (-) abducted and strangled Felicia Stephens in Rochester, United States.

  • 1 February 1991 (x) is sentenced to 10 consecutive terms of 25 years to life in Rochester, United States.

  • 8 May 1991 (x) is sentenced to 250 years in prison in , .

  • 10 July 1997 (x) marries his long time sweetheart Clara Neal in the visiting room in Fallsburg, United States.

  • 10 November 2008 (-) dies of cardiac arrest in Albany, United States.


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