On this day: July 17

  1. 1966
    Arrest 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.

  2. 1982
    Victim Gisele Ann Lovvorn · Gary Ridgway
  3. 1986
    Victim Dena Lynn Gore · Terry Clark

    A nine-year-old Artesia girl, on her way to a neighborhood convenience store.

  4. 2020
    Prison U.S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana · Mason City witness murders

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