On this day: July 17
- 1966Arrest Cook County Hospital · Richard Speck
After a suicide attempt in a skid-row hotel, Speck was brought to Cook County Hospital around midnight. Dr. LeRoy Smith recognized the "Born to Raise Hell" tattoo described in the newspapers, and Speck was arrested.
- 1982Victim Gisele Ann Lovvorn · Gary Ridgway
- 1986Victim Dena Lynn Gore · Terry Clark
A nine-year-old Artesia girl, on her way to a neighborhood convenience store.
- 2020Prison U.S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana · Mason City witness murders
Honken was executed by lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute.