"[14], In his book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, John E. Douglas of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit refers to a telling prison incident Speck revealed to him in an interview: "he found an injured sparrow that had flown in through one of the broken windows and nursed it back to health. Try again later. Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release; Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Genre A P R I L 4: Are We Done Yet? When Greene asked him if he compared himself to celebrity killers like John Dillinger, he replied, "Me, I'm not like Dillinger or anybody else. [4], On April 19, 1966, Speck returned to stay at his sister Martha's second-floor apartment at 3966 N. Avondale Ave., in the Old Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest side of Chicago, where she lived with her husband, Gene Thornton, and their two teenage daughters. Before venturing into the acting industry, he was a club waiter at Olympics Studios from 2014 to 2018. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. copytext = selection + pagelink; All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. In July 1963, at the age of 21, Speck was sentenced to serve three years in prison after being convicted of forgery and burglary. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court abolished capital punishment, and Specks death sentence was commuted to 50 to 100 years in prison. If you missed last night's episode of Mad Men, look away now. In recent weeks, two high-profile UK women have been driven out of their jobs for challenging the gender identity narrative. [4] After his release, Speck worked for three months as a driver for the Patterson Meat Company. He unleashed the unresolved anger that lurked in his subconscious outward onto other women. Debt-ridden couple killed their dog and then shot themselves dead with shotgun on the day they were due to Was it all for the cameras? She leaves behind to cherish her memory her 2 sons, Jonathan Hulce and Christopher Hulce both of Oklahoma; her daughter, Susan Lynn Hulce of Moody; mother, Annie Fay Raabe of Moody; father, Leon Gustive Speck and wife Wanda of Pasadena, Texas; 2 brothers, Ronald Edward Speck and wife DeAnna of Temple, Texas and Roland Speck and wife Teresa; sister, Tina Elizabeth Worth and husband John of Florida; grandchildren, Zane Hulce, Jastin Hulce, Peyton Hulce and Kalli and Kiara Moore; aunts and uncles, James and Donna Raabe of Moody and Lyle and Shiela Speck of California; nieces Angela Kirkland, Michelle Kirkland and Diamond Gray and several additional nieces and nephews; great nieces and great nephews and cousins. Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / RKO Pictures / Cubevision: Steve Carr (director); Hank Nelken (screenplay); Ice Cube, Nia Long, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden, Tahj Mowry, Dan Joffre, Pedro Miguel Arce, Linda Kash . 'They Are All Dead', Corazon Amurao, a visiting exchange nurse from the Philippines, survived by wriggling under a bed while he was out of the room. US Brownsburg, Indiana. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Speck had forged and cashed a co-worker's $44 paycheck and also robbed a grocery store for cigarettes, beer, and $3 in cash. All my friends are dead. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. This was the last time Speck was in police custody in Dallas. He bound all nine women with strips of bed sheets. Richard Speck was born on December 6, 1941 in Kirkwood, Illinois, United States, United States (49 years old). Have you spotted an error or omission? There is no information on whether she is married or has any children in her personal life. Speck challenged, then walked over to a spinning fan and threw the small bird in. This was later reduced to 100300 years. [18], In December 1965 and March 1966, Nature and The Lancet published findings by British cytogeneticist Patricia Jacobs and colleagues of a chromosome survey of patients at Scotland's only security hospital for the developmentally disabled. Law enforcement sources believed Speck broke into the home of 65-year-old Virgil Harris in Monmouth, Illinois on April 2, 1966, and raped, robbed and bound her. Before killing his last victim Gloria Davy he raped her and then strangled her to death. The United States Supreme Court invalidated the death penalty in 1972 (it was reinstated in 1976), which meant Speck and all other death row inmates had their penalties reversed. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. To evade further police questioning, Speck skipped town and found work on a ship. The application required being fingerprinted and photographed, and having a physical examination by a doctor. The judge sentenced Speck to death. When Amurao was asked if she could identify the killer of her fellow students, Amurao rose from her seat in the witness box, walked directly in front of Speck and pointed her finger at him, nearly touching him, and said, "This is the man. Most netizens know Robbie Lynn Speck as the daughter of Richard Speck, an American mass murderer, serial rapist, and abuser. [59][60] Speck later died in the early morning hours of December 5, of what was believed to be a heart attack, one day shy of what would have been his 50th birthday. Learn About Nicholas Kyle Hoffman. [4], Speck found work immediately after obtaining the letter of authority, joining the 33-member crew of Inland Steel's Clarence B. Randall, an L6-S-B1 class bulk ore lake freighter, on April 30. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. He was also in jail for many more petty offenses during the marriage, including theft, check fraud and aggravated assault. The Career of Theo Bhat. Law enforcement sources believed Speck broke into the home of 65-year-old Virgil Harris in Monmouth, Illinois onApril 2, 1966, and raped, robbed and bound her. In the dormitory, he met five student nurses he tied up after robbing them. [19][20][21] Jacobs' hypothesis, that men with XYY syndrome are more prone to aggressive and violent behavior than males with the normal XY karyotype, was later shown to be incorrect. [28][29], After Getty contacted Telfer to discuss her findings and their possible relevance to his client, Telfer wrote a speculative piece for the British journal Think in which she mistakenly reported that Speck had an XYY karyotype. In December 1965, upon the recommendation of his mother, Speck moved in with a 29-year-old divorced woman, an ex-professional wrestler and now a bartender at his favorite bar, Ginny's Lounge, to babysit her three children. BUSINESS. Do you have a story you'd like us to cover? Speck loathed his stepfather who was often drunk, verbally abusive, and was frequently absent.[4]. Richard Speck horrified the public with his savage killings of eight student nurses in 1966. Robbie Lynn Specks father is known by most netizens for killing eight nursing students in South Deering, Chicago, by stabbing, slashing their throats, strangling, or combining the three. [16] In court, Speck was positively identified by the sole surviving student nurse, Corazon Amurao. function addLink() { Due to his stepfathers nature, Robbies father struggled in school, and with his poor performance, he dropped out of school. Of the five XYY patients identified, four exhibited moderate to severe facial acne, leading the group to suggest that acne be added to the list of defining XYY characteristics. [4], In 1951, after a year in Santo, Speck moved with his mother, Lindberg, and sister Carolyn to East Dallas. Asked how he felt about himself in the years since, he said: "Like I always felt had no feeling. [4], By Monday, July 11, Speck had outstayed his welcome with his sister Martha and her family. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Mary Ann Jordan and Suzanne Farris entered the apartment at that moment, unaware of what was happening inside. Speck responded: "Sure I did." Lone survivor: Corazon Amurao, 23, survived the horrific killings by hiding under a bed. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Images and more on IDCrawl - the leading free people search engine. Corazon Amurao was the sole survivor, having escaped Specks notice by hiding under a bed. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Unsuspecting of the crimes he had committed, Martha gave her brother $25, which he used to go on a bar crawl. Speck then attempted suicide, and the Starr Hotel desk clerk phoned in the emergency around midnight. Published: 15:59 GMT, 9 April 2012 | Updated: 16:24 GMT, 12 January 2018. One of the nation's most notorious killers, Richard Speck, a drifter who methodically murdered eight student nurses in their Chicago town house a quarter-century ago, died today at Silver Cross Hospital here. 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Georgia to the present", "New law makes Speck eligible for parole in 1977", "Plan study of new code; 1977 parole for Speck doubted", "Speck waives hearing on parole with fiery note", "Parole denied to Speck; next hearing set for 1981", "Board refuses parole for mass-killer Speck", "Killer's Prison Video Sparks Illinois Lawmakers' Outrage", "MASS MURDERER DIES IN PRISON RICHARD SPECK, WHO KILLED 8 NURSES IN 1966, SUFFERS HEART ATTACK", "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search", "Speck's death puts era to rest. His daughter, Robbie Lynn Speck was born on July 5, 1962, while Speck was serving a 22-day jail sentence for disturbing the peace after a drunken melee in McKinney, Texas.[4]. But after the United States Supreme Court struck down the death penalty, he was resentenced to eight consecutive terms of 50 to 150 years. Horrified, the guard said, 'I thought you liked that bird.' } See the article in its original context from. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. This is not to say that others in prison had not transitioned, but that their names are not in any way on record. He was 49 years old. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Robie Hulce (124006226)? His daughter . [4], On Friday, July 8, 1966, Speck's brother-in-law Gene drove him to the NMU hiring hall to pick up his seaman's card and register for a berth on a ship. Speck's first voyage on the Clarence B. Randall was brief, since he was stricken with appendicitis on May 3, and was evacuated by U.S. Coast Guard helicopter to St. Joseph's Hospital in Hancock, Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan's Upper Peninsula where he had an emergency appendectomy. A search of his room turned up a radio and costume jewelry Mrs. Virgil Harris had reported missing from her house, as well as items reported missing in two other local burglaries in the previous month. [4], Speck stayed with his sister Martha Thornton and her family in Chicago for a few days, and then returned to his boyhood hometown of Monmouth, Illinois, where he initially stayed with some old family friends. Fearing for her life, Speck's wife filed for divorce and took full custody of their child. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. They said there was blood all over the place. Witzenmann-speck-uk.pdf - SPECK Witzenmann-Speck GmbH Werner-Siemens-Strae 2 75249 Kieselbronn Tel: +49 7231 9517-0 Fax +49 7231 56 54 43 wsp@witzenmann.com www.witzenmann-speck.de Branch office Schwelm Loher Strae 4D D - 58332 Schwelm Tel: +49 2336 4000-71 Fax: +49 - 2336 - 4 In January 1966, Malone who had been separated from Speck filed for divorce. Downing Street slams US President's criticism of new laws to restrict impact of strikes Ouch! BUSINESS. Richard Speck, 49, Chicago Killer Of 8 Student Nurses 25 Years Ago, https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/06/us/richard-speck-49-chicago-killer-of-8-student-nurses-25-years-ago.html. When. Benjamin Speck died of a heart attack when his youngest son, Richard, was six-years-old. He would attack and assault people and rob grocery stores, among other crimes. I feel I will pass on the book, as I have no personal interest in prison life or in men with breasts, LOL, but each to her or his own. Resend Activation Email. [4], Speck spent the rest of the day drinking in nearby taverns before he accosted Ella Mae Hooper at knifepoint; she was a 53-year-old woman who had spent the day drinking at the same taverns that Speck had patronized. Please try again later. He suggested, based on Jacobs' unsubstantiated theory and Speck's height of 6ft 1in (1.85m), that Speck might have XYY syndrome. Quite often, people use short versions of their name (i.e. One he started, one he went down that road, it was apparently difficult for him to turn back,' said William Nellis, Speck's prosecutor. pagelink = ". Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. The remarriage of Specks mother to Carl Lindberg three years later and the familys subsequent relocation to Dallas, Texas gave the resentful boy an excuse to rebel against his strict religious upbringing. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Speck delayed his execution by filing numerous appeals. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Sorry! Robbie Lynn Speck was born on July 5, 1962. Authorities in the state of Indiana wanted Speck for questioning in the disappearances of three young women on July 2, 1966. Speck lost out that day to a seaman with more seniority for a berth on the SS Flying Spray, a C1-A cargo ship bound for South Vietnam, and returned to his sister Martha's apartment for the weekend. Has Melissa Joan Hart Ever Supported Trump? Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. He was the seventh of eight children and raised in a religious family. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Bill Martin, the state's attorney who headed the Speck prosecution, said the impact of the murders was profound. [10], One woman, Corazon Amurao, escaped death because she crawled and hid under a bed while Speck was out of the room. [9] Speck held the women in a room for hours, leading them out one by one, stabbing or strangling each to death, then finally raping and strangling his last victim, 22-year-old Gloria Davy. In Roger Carons book, Go-Boy (1979), he describes the shock he felt entering prison as a young man in the fifties and seeing inmates with breasts. ', Crime scene: A photograph of the blood-stained room where the student nurses were held and systematically raped and murdered, one by one, by Richard Speck in 1966. Speck was arrested again on January 9, 1965. Arnold and Hattie Louise Walker Raabe and her sister, Susan Lynn Speck. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Mr. Speck, whose wife divorced him a year before the murders, is survived by a son, Robbie Lynn Speck of Dallas. Speck had reason to fear he would not survive long enough to be executed by the state. He was arrested after a doctor there recognized a tattoo on his arm that read, "Born to Raise Hell," which Miss Amurao had described to the police. Search above to list available cemeteries. [4], Speck had frequented Frank's Place, and the empty hog house was one of several he had helped build in the preceding month, so Monmouth police briefly questioned him about Pierce's death when he showed up to collect his final carpentry paycheck on April 15 and asked him to stay in town for further questioning. If you're asking me if I felt sorry, no." The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. I know it keeps up their morale. Ziporyn's biography of Speck was published in the summer of 1967. He led eight of them, one by one, to other rooms in the town house. She is also survived by dear family friends Larry Murphy, his daughter Robin Murphy Monk, Miss Addie Markham and Shaini and Danny Moore.Robie's sweet smile and beautiful soul will be missed by everyone who knew her and loved her. The murder had a deep and lasting effect on America's feelings of personal protection. After dinner at the nearby Kay's Pilot House, Speck returned to drink at the Shipyard Inn's tavern until 10:20p.m. and walked about 1.5 miles (2.4km) west on E. 100th St. to the nurses' townhouse at 2319 E. 100th St.[4], At 11 p.m. on July 13, 1966, Speck broke into the 2319 E. 100th St townhouse in Chicago's Jeffery Manor neighborhood; the townhouse was functioning as a dormitory for student nurses. At 10 PM that same night, Speck took the stolen gun and went to a townhouse by Luella Park. Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 - December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13-14, 1966. She and Lindberg had met during a train ride to Chicago. The crime occurred on July 14 at 11pm in Jeffery Manor neighbourhood of Chicago. "[14], Speck stated that at the time of the killings, he "had no feelings," but things had changed: "I had no feelings at all that night. Sorry Nicola, says JENNI MURRAY, but 16 is dangerously young to change your gender. Speck dropped out of school at age 15. In October 1961, Speck met 15-year-old Shirley Annette Malone at the Texas State Fair. Thanks for your help! Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. When it was healthy enough to stand, he tied a string around its leg and had it perch on his shoulder. 2.robbie lynn speck Author: www.ibcci.net Post date: 0 yesterday Rating: 5 (1464 reviews) Highest rating: 5 Low rated: 2 Summary: Speck's death came as a relief to Wilkening and to the families of the other women he killed. When asked why, Speck shrugged and jokingly said: "It just wasn't their night." 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He then killed them by strangling them with a ligature or stabbing 3.Richard Speck - Video, Tattoo & Daughter - Biography The use of the word petty is not intended to represent the authors personal opinion about the gravity of Specks actions. Read more at: " + document.location.href; The police traced the car (which Speck had abandoned) and issued a warrant for his arrest for burglary on March 8. The next year, a jury deliberated less than an hour before convicting him of murder. When Speck saw his pregnant teen wife looking on, he would laugh, reveling in her pain before driving off. Mr. Speck had been taken to the hospital after suffering chest pains on Wednesday night at the nearby Stateville Correctional Center, where he was serving eight consecutive terms of 50 to 150 years each. Victims' relatives, though", "A Crime to Remember: And Then There Was One", "Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century: Richard Speck", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Speck&oldid=1133619967, The story of the investigation of Townhouse Massacre, the arrest, and trial of Speck was featured in an episode of, This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 18:36. [13], Felony Court Judge Herbert J. Paschen appointed an impartial panel to report on Speck's competence to stand trial and his sanity at the time of the crimea panel of three physicians suggested by the defense and three physicians selected by the prosecution, consisting of five psychiatrists and one general surgeon. Surprising, Robbies father was a good person when he was young. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Although the death penalty was formally reinstated in 1976, Speck lived out his life in prison. Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 - December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer . A system error has occurred. Was it the Illinois Supreme Court? Be the first to share your favorite memory, photo or story of Speck Funeral Home - Robbie. Speck was also suspected of the murder of Mary Kay Pierce, a 32-year-old barmaid who worked in a tavern which Speck frequented. 'But if I can't have it, no one can.'" [12], On April 15, after 49 minutes of deliberation, the jury found Speck guilty and recommended the death penalty. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Please reset your password. Although Speck appears to be enjoying himself in prison videos, it is most likely that he was pretending. Celebrating the life of Speck Funeral Home - Robbie Lynn Pryor. Find family history information in a whole new way Create a free family tree for yourself or for Robbie Speck and we'll search for valuable new information for you. newdiv.style.position = 'absolute'; On May 10, 1950, three years after the death of his father, his mother Mary married Carl August Rudolph Lindberg in Palo Pinto, Texas. 2324: "Ella Mae had obtained the .22 caliber black Rohm pistol for $16 from a mail-order house in West Virginiaand it was delivered to her by parcel post on March 10, 1966". He entered and, using only a knife, killed Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Jo Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentina Pasion. The panel's confidential report deemed Speck competent to stand trial and concluded he had not been insane at the time of the murders. "[57], Shortly before December 5, 1991, Speck was transported from Stateville Correctional Center to Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Illinois after complaining of severe chest pains. At 10:30a.m., he was tired of waiting at the NMU hiring hall for a job. A government agency is set to review its practice of granting requests by male inmates to be transferred to women's prison UK England. Thanks for the information. Amurao provided authorities with the information they needed to track down Speck, including a description of his Born to Raise Hell tattoo. At 6 PM, Speck finally approached the woman on the street, and forced her up to his inn room at knife-point. Try again later. [48], In May 1969, at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Telfer et al. At age 20, Speck met 16-year-old Shirley Malone at a state fair. That, combined with his extensive acne scarring, led her to describe Speck as "the archetypal XYY male". 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