On this day: January 13

  1. 1992
    Court / trial Milwaukee County Courthouse 路 Jeffrey Dahmer

    Dahmer pleaded guilty but insane to 15 counts of murder on January 13, 1992. At trial before Judge Laurence Gram, the jury found him sane on February 15, and on February 17 he received 15 consecutive life terms.

  2. 1999
    Victim Hae Min Lee 路 Adnan Syed

    A Korean-American student at Woodlawn High School.

  3. 1999
    Other Woodlawn High School 路 Adnan Syed

    Hae Min Lee left school on the afternoon of January 13, 1999, and never arrived to pick up her younger cousin as planned.

  4. 2003
    Court / trial Cumberland County Courthouse 路 Jeffery Gorman

    Gorman was tried in Cumberland County Superior Court and convicted of murder after a five-day jury trial. Justice Nancy Mills sentenced him to 60 years in prison.

  5. 2021
    Prison U.S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana 路 Lisa Montgomery

    Montgomery was executed by lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute.