This is the documented grave of a convicted criminal. Information below comes from public records.
Richard Edward Kiefer
February 26, 1920 โ June 15, 1961Convicted 1957
Buried at:
Zion Cemetery , Huntington, Indiana ยท Zion Cemetery, Huntington (no specific plot listed on memorial)
Criminal History (Public Record)
Kiefer was convicted of the 1957 first-degree murders of his wife Pearl and their 5-year-old daughter Dorothy in their Fort Wayne home. He was executed by electrocution at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City on June 15, 1961.
Background
Richard Edward Kiefer was the last person executed in the state of Indiana before the national moratorium that followed the 1972 Furman v. Georgia decision.
Indiana Department of Correction historical execution records
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