Author Shawcross By: Paul Kuhn

Early life  Born June 6, 1945 Kittery, Me.  Troubled family life, claims of repeated sexual and physical abuse but never were verified accounts  Dropped out after failing to pass 9 th grade, extremely low self esteem, bullied and participated in bullying of other students  Received first probationary sentence at age 18 in December of 1963 for smashing a shop window

Adult Years  Violent pattern of behavior since childhood and only grew more bold as a adult  Series of violent crimes and actions ranging from domestic assault to vandalism and arson, short marriages ending violently  Began encounters with the law at age 18 and continued consistently till his tour of duty in Vietnam in 1967  Upon returning he claimed his first victim, 10 year old Jack Blake

The Murders  Victims: 11 prostitutes and 2 children  All murders occurred in New York in the areas between Rochester and Watertown  Killing began in 1972 and was arrested and charged for the death of the 2 children but only served a 15 year sentence out of a 25 to life original sentence, had all his records sealed by the court, relocated, and continued killing till 1990  Very sporadic pattern of the times of killing and motives mostly anger and rage  Known to strangle then mutilate and sexual assault most also cannibalized some victims  Evidence corroborating this was found in all autopsies of all 13 victims  Bodies were progressively discovered in fields, under bridges, and washed up on the side of the body of water in the area of the crime  Seen fleeing scene of Murder of June Cicero by a police helicopter that accidently discovered the body laying on the ice. Shawcross was running to his vehicle and leaving the scene and was eventually arrested

 Victims: Jack Blake, Karen Hill, Patricia Ives, Frances Brown, June Cicero, Darlene Trippi, Anne Marie Steffen, Dorothy Blackburn, Kimberly Logan, June Stotts, Marie Welch, Elizabeth Gibson, Dorothy Keller

Conclusion  Arthur Shawcross died on November 8 th, 2008 in prison were he belonged  His case is closed so no new evidence is there to be added  This particular case had no change in forensics but in the legal system after sealing a potential serial killers records and allowing him to be so difficult to trace to violent crimes such as the Shawcross murders  I am glad that this was before my time and that the world can learn more about the people who do these terrible things. Hopefully we can find a solution to the imbalances within the brain of all the people who are at risk of becoming the next big serial killer.

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