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The witch trials in Connecticut, also sometimes referred to as the Hartford witch trials, occurred from 1647 to 1663. [ 1] They were the first large-scale witch trials in the American colonies, predating the Salem Witch Trials by nearly thirty years. [ 2] John M. Taylor lists a total of 37 cases, 11 of which resulted in executions. [ 3]
William Devin Howell (born February 11, 1970) is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven women in 2003. He is one of the most prolific serial killers in Connecticut history. In November 2017, while already serving a 15-year prison sentence for manslaughter, he was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences (a life ...
The Connecticut River Valley Killer, also known as the Valley Killer, is moniker for an unidentified American serial killer believed to be responsible for at least seven murders of young women in the Connecticut River Valley of the Northeastern United States between 1978 and 1988. In 1985 and 1986, the skeletal remains of two victims were ...
Michael Bruce Ross. Michael Bruce Ross (July 26, 1959 – May 13, 2005) was an American serial killer who was executed by the state of Connecticut in 2005. He was the last person executed in Connecticut before the state ended capital punishment in 2012. The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled capital punishment unconstitutional in 2015, converting ...
Nearly 50 years after the skeletal remains of two homicide victims were found in a shallow grave, one of the victims was finally identified, Connecticut State Police announced Wednesday. Linda Sue ...
Cheshire murders. On July 23, 2007, two intruders invaded the home of the Petit family in Cheshire, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrators Linda Hayes (at the time known as Steven Hayes) [ b] and Joshua Andrew Komisarjevsky initially planned only to rob the house, but went on to murder Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, 17-year ...
Murder of Jennifer Dulos. / 41.1308; -73.5136. Jennifer Dulos ( née Farber; born September 27, 1968; presumed dead May 24, 2019; ruled legally dead October 24, 2023) was an American woman who went missing on May 24, 2019. Authorities believe that she was killed in an attack at her home in New Canaan, Connecticut, United States.
Lorne J. Acquin (March 21, 1950 – June 2015) [ 2] was an American mass murderer who killed his foster brother's wife, her seven children, and their niece in their home at Cedar Hill Drive in Prospect, Connecticut, on July 22, 1977, by beating them to death with a tire iron. He afterward set fire to the building and escaped, but was arrested ...