char low and carol ann terrorized the women for nearly ten hours. what happened at this house? that is a matter of dispute. only thing not disputed three people were killed. mr. ward, his wife and their maid. carol s story is that charlie killed them all. char low charlie s story is carol ann assisted in the knifings of the two women. charlie wrestled with mr. ward when he came home from work in the afternoon and charlie shot mr. ward. while the murders were happening at the ward house, august meier, robert jenson and carol king were discovered in bennett. everybody immediately knew who did it. charlie s car was stuck in the mud at the meier house. bob jenson s car was gone. i mean, you put two and two together and figure it out. that night, charlie and carol got into the 1956 packard and begin to head west to starkweather s brother s home in
carol ann fugate admits she did hold a gun on the couple at one point and took $4 out of johnson s wallet an act that would later cost her dearly. she claims she did it at starkweather s command. january 27th. with six people murdered, charlie and carol drove back into lincoln in jenson s car. and parked in the wealthy country club section of town and slept inside the car. the next morning they cruised around the neighborhood looking for a police to hide out. dumped jenson s car and get a new one. they end up at a house that he became familiar with while he worked on the trash route. this is the home stark weather chose to hide out in. owned by wealthy and well respected 47-year-old businessman, c. lower ward and wife clara. carol ann waited in the car in the rear of the driveway. inside were 46-year-old clara ward and 51-year-old maid, lillian fencil. armed with guns and a knife.