Serial Killer Arthur Shawcross
The Victims
April 7, 1972 – Jack Blake, 10
September 2, 1972 – Karen Ann Hill, 8
March 24, 1988 – Dorothy Blackburn, 27
July 8, 1989 – Anne Marie Steffen, 28
July 29, 1989 – Dorothy Keeler, 60
September 29, 1989 – Patricia Ives, 25
October 1989 – Frances Brown, 22
October 23, 1989 – June Stott, 26
November 5, 1990 – Marie Welch, 22
November 15, 1989 – Kimberly Logan
November 27, 1989 – Elizabeth Gibson
December 15, 1989 – Darlene Trippi, 32
January 2, 1990 – June Cicero, 34
January 3, 1990 – Felicia Stephens, 19
NY serial killer Arthur Shawcross dead at 63
Serial Killer Arthur Shawcross Dead
Arthur Shawcross Dead at 63
Serial Killer Arthur Shawcross Dead
Wikipedia: Arthur Shawcross
Shawcross Jail Interview
Books
Misbegotten Son, A Serial Killer and His Victims: The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross
Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer : The Grisly True Crime Account of the Rochester Prostitute Murders!
Guilty by Reason of Insanity: A Psychiatrist Explores the Minds of Killers
November 12, 2008 at 9:22 am
Had he not gotten out on parole after serving 15 years he wouldn’t have had the chance to kill again. WTH is wrong with this system? Can we not understand that they will kill again?
Good riddance!
November 12, 2008 at 9:37 am
You know it Lavonna.
To Arthur Shawcross: Good bye you sick piece of s**t. I only hope you suffered as much as your victims’ family did and still does to this day. What on this earth gave you the right to think you could murder all these wonderful people and pay? Well, now the One you’ll stand before to be judged is the only One that matters, GOD. And you will pay, you f**king scum, for what you’ve done. Burn in hell you murdering son-of-a-bitch.
November 12, 2008 at 9:37 am
*****not pay*****
November 12, 2008 at 1:29 pm
um bye,bye….. one less freak to worry about. A billion more to go.
April 3, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Hello , has anyone ever heard of mental illness . It is obvious that this man had mental illness that was not treated !!! I am in no way condoning his behavior but mental illness is like hypertension , it can be undetected at times and when it is discovered , the person could have already started killing others . They hear and see things that noone else does . I would have loved the opportunity to treat this individual but after school I started my career in Louisiana . The mind is a complex rock but if the circuits get crossed then you have a potential for anything !!!
Dr. Kaley Foresite
April 4, 2009 at 7:26 am
Dr. Kaley Foresite,
I have to disagree with you that it is “obvious” that he had a mental illness. Maybe, and that is a big maybe, a trained professional can see someone and know they have a mental illness. I was not taught that in school (and I went to school for Psychology myself). Not every killer (including serial killers) are mentally ill. Personally, from remembering what I have read about him, he mostly hated women. I don’t recall (but could be wrong) that he had a mental illness, other than being a sociopathy.
You say you would have loved to have treated him? If you really are a PhD in psychology, then you know that sociopaths cannot be rehabilitated or “cured”. I believe Arthur fits into that category.
(I do not know if you are a PhD, but I suspect you are not in practice or are using a fake name, as I could not find you listed as a Psychologist anywhere)
April 4, 2009 at 10:06 am
Bonnie,
Don’t you think if you are capable of murdering so many people that automatically makes you mentally ill?
April 4, 2009 at 12:38 pm
No, I don’t. It is NOT automatic. It may make you a sociopath, but that does not mean you are mentally ill. A sociopath knows what he did is wrong, but does not care. Does not have a conscience. There are many who choose to kill because they just plain want to.
April 4, 2009 at 12:41 pm
That’s exactly what I’m saying…if you WANT to kill people there is something mentally wrong with you.
April 4, 2009 at 8:21 pm
But that is NOT mental illness. That is just a generalization, a way for people to justify why people kill. It does not mean that they are mentally ill. He probably had an Anti-Social Personality Disorder, but that does not make him legally mentally ill.