Infamous Murders: Premeditated Murders
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Throughout History there have always been ruthless people who are convinced they can get away with murder. A premeditated murder is planned to the last detail, but even the smallest mistake can lead to the truth.
On 20th March 1927, nine-year-old Lorraine Snyder discovered her mother, Ruth, lying bound and gagged outside her bedroom door. Her husband Alfred was sprawled across his bed. He had been battered and strangled to death, apparently the victim of a violent robbery.
In fact, Ruth and her lover Judd Gray had murdered Alfred for his $100,000 life insurance, before amateurishly attempting to make it look like a robbery by upturning furniture and emptying drawers. They were executed in Sing Sing prison on 12th January 1928 in the electric chair.
On 6th December 1980, Mark Chapman waited outside the Dakota Building on 72nd Street, New York. He was expecting its famous resident, rock star John Lennon of The Beatles.
At 10:45 that evening, a limousine pulled up and out stepped Lennon. Chapman shot him five times in the chest. He made no attempt to escape. Although his mental state was obviously in doubt, it was not discussed in open court and on 24th August, Chapman was sentenced to twenty years to life.
On 21st May 1924, wealthy Chicago law students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb decided that they would commit a murder. They wanted to prove that they wouldn't get caught. They randomly picked a boy from outside his school, killed him and discarded his body at a railroad track.
The dead body was identified as a 14-year-old boy, Bobby Franks, whose parents had received a mysterious phone call earlier that day. A pair of glasses were found by the body, and soon led to Leopold. Leopold and Loeb soon cracked under police pressure and admitted to the kidnapping of Bobby Frank.
On 21st July 1924, both pleaded guilty at Cook County Criminal Court. They were spared the death sentence due to their young ages and sentenced to life imprisonment.
On 20th March 1927, nine-year-old Lorraine Snyder discovered her mother, Ruth, lying bound and gagged outside her bedroom door. Her husband Alfred was sprawled across his bed. He had been battered and strangled to death, apparently the victim of a violent robbery.
In fact, Ruth and her lover Judd Gray had murdered Alfred for his $100,000 life insurance, before amateurishly attempting to make it look like a robbery by upturning furniture and emptying drawers. They were executed in Sing Sing prison on 12th January 1928 in the electric chair.
On 6th December 1980, Mark Chapman waited outside the Dakota Building on 72nd Street, New York. He was expecting its famous resident, rock star John Lennon of The Beatles.
At 10:45 that evening, a limousine pulled up and out stepped Lennon. Chapman shot him five times in the chest. He made no attempt to escape. Although his mental state was obviously in doubt, it was not discussed in open court and on 24th August, Chapman was sentenced to twenty years to life.
On 21st May 1924, wealthy Chicago law students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb decided that they would commit a murder. They wanted to prove that they wouldn't get caught. They randomly picked a boy from outside his school, killed him and discarded his body at a railroad track.
The dead body was identified as a 14-year-old boy, Bobby Franks, whose parents had received a mysterious phone call earlier that day. A pair of glasses were found by the body, and soon led to Leopold. Leopold and Loeb soon cracked under police pressure and admitted to the kidnapping of Bobby Frank.
On 21st July 1924, both pleaded guilty at Cook County Criminal Court. They were spared the death sentence due to their young ages and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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