Convicted of first-degree murder in the 1958 killing of Robert Jensen (one of the 11 victims). Sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair at the Nebraska State Penitentiary on June 25, 1959. The case received nationwide attention and inspired multiple films.
Background
Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American spree killer who murdered 11 people (including a 3-year-old child) in Nebraska and Wyoming in a 1958 rampage with his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate.
Contemporary Lincoln Star and national news coverage of the 1958 manhunt, 1959 trial, and execution
Nebraska historical execution records
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