The Murder Spree of Charles Starkweather & Caril Fugate
Mass killer Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate
Classification: Spree killer
Characteristics: Mass-murdering road trip
Number of victims: 11
Date of murder: December 1957 - January 1958
Date of arrest: January 29, 1958
Date of birth: November 24, 1938
Victim profile: Robert Colvert (21), gas station attendant / Marion Bartlett (57), Caril Ann's stepfather; Velda Bartlett, Caril Ann's mother, and Betty Jean Bartlett (2), Marion and Velda's daughter / August Meyer (70), Starkweather's family friend / Robert Jensen (17), Carol King's boyfriend, and Carol King (16), Robert's girlfriend / C. Lauer Ward (47), wealthy industrialist; Clara Ward (46), C. Lauer Ward's wife, and Lillian Fencl (51), Clara Ward's maid / Merle Collison (37), traveling salesman
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Nebraska/Wyoming, USA
Status: Executed in the electric chair at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Nebraska, on June 25, 1959