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Joseph Edward Corcoran (April 18, 1975 – December 18, 2024) was an American convicted mass murderer who was executed for a 1997 quadruple murder case in Indiana. Corcoran was found guilty of the 1997 murders of his brother, his sister's fiancé, and two of their friends at his house in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and sentenced to death in 1999.
Joseph Corcoran, now 49, lived with Ernst in the Fort Wayne, Indiana home where the murders occurred, according to court documents. "Everything's gone. He's ruined my life," Ernst told the outlet ...
Joseph Corcoran, 49, was executed after being convicted in 1999 for the 1997 quadruple murder of his older brother, sister's fiancé and their two friends.
Convicted murderer Joseph Corcoran was put to death early Wednesday morning, in the State of Indiana’s first execution since 2009.. Asked if he wanted to make a final statement before receiving ...
Joseph Edward Corcoran, 49, is set to be executed for the July 26, 1997 murders of his brother, sister's fiancé and two of their friends in Indiana. ... 2009, when Matthew Eric Wrinkles died by ...
On November 3, 2009, after the Indiana Supreme Court declined Wrinkles' final review motion, an execution date of December 11, 2009, was announced. A week later, Wrinkles appeared as a guest, via remote feed from the prison, on a segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show, where he was confronted by members of his victims' families.
Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, the Indiana Department of Correction said in a statement.
Corcoran was convicted of strangling Gorrie after she had rebuffed his sexual advances, but he was released on appeal in 2003 after serving around three years. The police revealed that there were no grounds to re-open the investigation, indicating that they still believed Corcoran was responsible, but the case is now technically unsolved.