Eight student nurses murdered - Chicago, IL - Infamous Crime Scenes on Waymarking.com

From wikipedia: "At 11:00 p.m. on July 13, 1966, Speck broke into a townhouse located at 2319 East 100th Street in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood of Chicago. It was functioning as a dormitory for several young student nurses. Armed with only a knife (the Illinois Supreme Court opinion recounting the facts of the case reports that the defendant appeared at the door of the townhouse holding a gun), he then killed most of the young women, including Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Jo Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentina Pasion. Speck, who later claimed he was high on both alcohol and drugs, may have originally planned to commit a routine burglary. Speck held the women in the house for hours, methodically leading them out of the room one by one, stabbing or strangling them to death, then finally raping and strangling his last victim, Gloria Davy. Only one woman, Cora (Corazon) Amurao, escaped because she managed to wiggle under a bed while Speck was out of the room with one of his victims. Speck may have lost count, or he may have known there were eight women living in the townhouse but had been unaware a ninth student nurse was spending the night there. Amurao stayed hidden until almost 6 a.m. When she emerged, she climbed out of her northeast bedroom window onto a ledge screaming, "They're all dead! All my friends are dead!""

After hiding under a bed for hours during and after the murders, the lone survivor crawled out on to the exterior front ledge and screamed for help, alerting neighbors and police. As word got out, the residents of Chicago became terrified that a monster was lurking in their midst. Fingerprint evidence at the scene tied to previous arrest records led to the identification of Richard Speck, a drifter, as the killer. One identification item was that he was know to have a tattoo saying "Born to Raise Hell" on his left forearm. Speck later checked in to a SRO men's hotel on Chicago's skid row where he attempted suicide. He was taken to the hospital, where he was identified. Less than a year later, it took jurors only 49 minutes to convict Speck of eight counts of murder. With the death penalty ruled unconstitutional in 1972, Speck was re-sentenced, ultimately dying in prison in December 5, 1991, Joliet, IL.

The apartment is still occupied today.

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Date of crime: 07/14/1966 Public access allowed: no Fee required: no Web site: [Web Link]

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