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Sanson was the fourth in a six-generation family dynasty of executioners. His great-grandfather, Charles Sanson (1658–1695) of Abbeville, was a soldier in the French royal army and was appointed as executioner of Paris in 1688. [1] Upon his death he passed the office to his son named Charles (1681–1726).
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad.. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die ...
On November 7, 2014, police announced they had arrested Charles "Chase" Merritt, Joseph McStay's business partner, and intended to charge him with the murders. [3] The trial began on January 7, 2019, in San Bernardino. [4] On June 10, 2019, a jury found Merritt guilty of murdering the McStay family. He was sentenced to death on January 21, 2020 ...
The longest sitting death row inmate, Fred Singleton, is also the oldest at age 80. He was convicted in 1983 after sexually assaulting a 73-year-old woman and strangling her to death with a ...
Arkansas: The Phantom Killer. Number of Victims: 5 The most dramatized and talked-about serial killer in Arkansas is the Phantom Killer, also known as the Texarkana Phantom.
The crime scene, showing how the victim's bodies were found. In the early morning hours of August 9, 1976, the young man and woman were said to have been seen from a distance by a hermit. It was said they had been dropped off on Locklair Road, a secluded dirt road between I-95 and S.C. 341 (Lynches River Road). [11] [15] [16]
The bodies, he said, had been removed from the water before the coroner arrived to examine the scene and determine the state of rigor mortis, allowing the bodies to decay on the creek bank and to be exposed to sunlight and insects. The police did not telephone the coroner until almost two hours after the discovery of the floating shoe ...
Charles Lorriane was sentenced to die on 13 May 2026, however officials said he died on Sunday Man on death row for brutally killing elderly couple dies in prison before execution Skip to main content