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the Rebel Killer

VICTIMS

Deaths:   11       Attempts:   0
 
1) Robert Colvert / 21 / December 1,1957 / shot point blank
2) Velda Bartlett / 36 / January 21,1958 / severe head trauma from rifle butt
3) Betty Jean Bartlett / 2 / January 21,1958 / knife wound to throat
4) Marion Bartlett / 57 / January 21,1958 / severe knife wound to head
5) August Meyer / 72 / January 27,1958 / shot in head
6) Robert Jensen / 17 / January 28,1958 / shot point blank
7) Carol King / 16 / January 28,1958 / shot in head
8) Clara Ward / 46 / February 8,1958 / numerous stab wounds to neck and chest
9) C.Lauer Ward / 48 / February 8,1958 / shot in unknown place
10) Lillian Fencl / 51 / February 8,1958 / stabbed numerous times in various places
11) Merle Collison / 37 / February 9,1958 / shot in head

MOTIVES

A) held an extreme angst towards parents,thus using Starkweather to rid of them and not realizing(due to age) the realities of death,afterwards suffered from severe apathy

BOOKS & FILMS

Outside Valentine by Liza Ward (2004)
Starkweather starring Brent Taylor & Shannon Lucio (2004)
A&E's American Justice: Spree Killer (2000)
Waste Land:The Savage Odyssey Of Charles Starkweather And Caril Ann Fugate by Michael Newton (1998)
Born Bad:The Story Of Charles Starkweather And Caril Ann Fugate by Jack Sargeant (1996)
Natural Born Killers starring Woody Harrelson & Juliette Lewis (1994) [fictional]
Starkweather:A Story Of Mass Murder On The Great Plains by Jeff Odonnell (1993)
Murder In The Heartland starring Tim Roth & Fairuza Balk (1993)
Headline:Starkweather by Earl Dyer (1993)
Kalifornia (1993) [fictional]
True Romance (1993) [fictional]
Murder In Mind:Charles Starkweather - Issue #24 (1991)
Wild At Heart (1990) [fictional]
Murder Casebook:Investigations Into The Ultimate Crime-Charlie Starkweather,the Rebel Killer,issue #38 (1990)
Charles And Caril-An Orgy Of Blood:The True Story Of One Of The Greatest Murder Rampages In American History by Glenn D.Desmond (1990)
Caril by Ninette Beaver (1976)
Starkweather:Inside The Mind Of A Teenage Killer by William Allen (1976) [updated in 2006]
Badlands starring Martin Sheen & Sisst Spacek (1973) [fictional]
Bloodletters And Badmen:A Narrative Encyclopedia Of American Criminals From The Pilgrims To The Present by Jay Robert Nash (1973)
Nothing Left But Murder by James M.Reinheardt (1970)
The Sadist starring Richard Alden & Helen Hovey (1963) [fictional]
The Psychology Of Strange Killers by James M.Reinheardt (1962)
The Quality Of Murder:300 Years Of True Crime by Anthony Boucher (1962)
Radio,TV And The Starkweather Trial by John W.Dooley (1960)
The Murderous Trial Of Charles Starkweather by James M.Reinheardt (1960)
The Cry Baby Killer starring Ralph Reed & Lynn Cartwright (1958) [fictional]

Full Name: Caril Ann Fugate/Bartlett
Alias(s): the Rebel Killer
Birthdate/Birthplace: 1944 (?)
Died:Still Alive - paroled in 1976,last seen in Michigan

 
Spotlighted : December 2005
 
 
Capture:
While Starkweather was trying to figure out how to release the emergency brake on a car that he and Fugate had just stolen,a man approached them and asked if they needed help,but Starkweather pulled a gun on him.While the two men struggled,Fugate spotted a police car (which held Deputy Sheriff,William Romer) that stopped when the struggle had been noticied.She fled from the car and yelled to Romer that Starkweather had killed a man.Officers fled after Starkweather while Fugate stayed behind and was held in custody.
Aftershock:
-both were only charged with the murder of Jensen,due to prosecutor Elmer Scheele,who believed there was only enough physical evidence to prove they commited that one,than the other murders-
Fugate claimed she was a hostage,but she was still charged with murder,as well as robbery.She went to trial on October 27,1958 where Starkweather testified against her,stating that Fugate was responsible for several of the murders and all the mutilations.On November 28th,after ten hours of deliberations,Fugate was found guilty of all charges.Since Fugate was only 14-years-old,she could not be sentenced to death,instead she was sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole.While serving her time in Nebraska's Prison for Women in York,she recieved her high school diploma,then in 1973,her first time she was given the chance of parole-she was denied,but yet had her life sentence turned over to 30 to 50 years(stated because of her age at the time of the murders);she was given another chance at parole in 1976.On June 20,1976,Fugate was paroled.In 1981,she was officially released from probation and was last seen in St.John's,Michigan as a nurses' aid.