2 1/2-year-old half sister, betty jeanne. charlie quit high school. but he hated working menial jobs which included a stint as a garbage man. after getting fired and having a fight with his father, he was kicked out of the house. charlie was desperate for money. located here on cornhusker highway, this used to be a crest gas station that charlie used to like to hang around. in the early morning hours, december 1, 1957, there was only one emplumeroyee working, starkweather robbed him and then forced him at gun point to drive them both to a secluded area. he came in and robbed culvert. took him out on the road and killed him. and the speculation is that he did so to get money so he could buy things for carol. do we know how much money he got from robert culver? under $100. charlie saw himself as a
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
funeral homemade no mention of carol. those eight days of murder on the great plains still haunt lincoln, nebraska. i m beth. and i m michelle. and we own the paper cottage. ry and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn t get into business to spend time managing receipts,
genuine outlaw. but what happened after the murder is where our story becomes murky and mired in controversy. he began telling carol, it s just you and me. we have got to go away together. at this point had she started to feel suffocated by him. she told hem not to call her anymore. she did. january 21, 1958, knowing what happened at the bartlet home in belmont on the cold winter day depend on who you believe. one thing is known for sure. carol s step farther and mother had been shot and stabbed to death. 2 1/2-year-old betty jeanne was bludgeoned with a rifle and stabbed with a knife. 14-year-old carol came home from school to find starkweather in her home pointing a shotgun at her with her family nowhere in sight. in this exclusive 19 #89
interview, the then 46-year-old carol ann fugate deskrebd what next. he shoved the gun in my face. and had me sit in the rocking chair. he told me at the time my family was at this woman s house. if i did what i was told they wouldn t be hurt. all he had to do and make a phone call they would die. a shotgun blast can cause a lot of damage. there would be blood everywhere. apparently he was able to clean it all up before she came home. yes, he was. how is this possible? he had two hours to clean it up. the three body having been dumped in two shed in the backyard went undiscovered for nearly a week as carol and charlie remained in the house. but reporter dell harding who visited the crime scene still does not believe carol s story. i think charlie s story, got in an argument with the step farther. escalate from there. enned up shooting the step farther. her mother ran in, screaming. he then killed her mother.