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Alois Alzheimer (/ ˈ æ l t s h aɪ m ər / ALTS-hy-mər, US also / ˈ ɑː l t s-, ˈ ɔː l t s-/ AHLTS-, AWLTS-, [1] [2] German: [ˈaːlɔɪs ˈʔaltshaɪmɐ]; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist, neuropathologist and colleague of Emil Kraepelin.
He was first arrested at the age of 19, on suspicion of rape, but was not charged. Two years later, he was acquitted of robbery charges, but in 1937, was convicted of robbery and spent more than seven years in an Ohio state prison. [2] Fratianno earned his nickname "Weasel" as a boy when running from the police in the Little Italy section of ...
He was convicted of murder in 1999 and was often portrayed in the media with the name of "Dr. Death". [3] In 1998, Kevorkian was arrested and tried for his role in the voluntary euthanasia of a man named Thomas Youk who had Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS. He was convicted of second-degree murder and served eight years of a 10-to-25-year prison ...
A 66-year-old man who murdered a convicted paedophile after allegedly seeking to exploit him for money has been jailed for life.. Anthony Gardiner, who was already in jail for a robbery, pleaded ...
Standing 4 ft 6 in (137 cm), Sandifer was a young member of the Chicago street gang the Black Disciples (BD). After committing murder, theft, and armed robbery, he was murdered by his own fellow gang members who feared Sandifer could become a “snitch” and expose their criminal activities to authorities if he were arrested. Coverage of ...
In 1952, three years after his brother David was born, the family moved to suburban Evergreen Park, Illinois, and Ted transferred to Evergreen Park Central Junior High School. After testing scored his IQ at 167, [15] he skipped the sixth grade. Kaczynski later described this as a pivotal event: previously he had socialized with his peers and ...
A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home — a crime that happened nearly six decades ago. James Barbier was arrested Monday at his St. Louis County ...
Soon after, he was arrested for theft and sentenced to three years at the St. Bede Academy, where he was an exceptional student. He was accepted into University of Chicago's special learning program [further explanation needed] just before his release in 1945 at age 16. [5]