the hate he had already into more hatred. but there was one person, the 18-year-old starkweather didn t hate. he had eyes for a spunky and rebellious 13-year-old named carol ann fugate. she said, my god, he was so funny, he put me on a pedestal, he always wanted to buy me things. the two cruised around lincoln in charlie s beat up 49 hot rod. charlie was also a crack shot and really into guns and carol s parents didn t like him one bit. they probably weren t very impressed with him. as a person, they serge were concerned about the age difference between them. this empty lot is all thatry mains of where carol was living at the time, with her hard working stepfather, and her mother sell da. also giving there was her 2
the women for nearly 10 hours. so what happened at this house? that s a matter of dispute. the only thing that s not disputed is that there were people killed. mr. ward, his wife and their maid. carol s story is that charlie killed them all. charlie s story is that carol assisted in the knifings of the two women. charlie admit sthas he wrestled with mr. ward when he came home from work. while the murders were happening at the ward house t bodies of august myier, robert jensen and carol king were discovered in bennett. and everybody immediately knew who did it. charlie s car was stuck in the mutd at the meyer 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 when the three bodies were discovered at the
did hold a gun on the couple at one point, and take $4 out of his pocket but claims she did it at starkweather s command. with six people murdered, charlie and carol drove back into bennett. the next morning, thigh cruised arrange the neighborhood, looking for a place to hide out. dumped jensen 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? right. this is the home that stark weather chose to hold out in. carol ann wait inside were 46-year-old clara ward and her 41-year-old maid. armed with guns and a knife, charlie and carol ann terrorized
although facing the death penalty, carol was sentenced to life in prison. do you think she got a fair trial? yes, she was not charged with actually killing anyone. it s what you call felony murder, if you re a willing participant, you re equally guilty. john stevens berry, who was the co-author of the twelfth victim j was in order to commit a crime, you have to act as a free agent. for charles starkweather, justice suz swift. she was executed shortly after midnight on june 25, 1959. dell harding was a witness. they gave him three jolts of electricity. he was raised up in the chair and down each time. and raised up, it looked like there was a leather mask over his face so you couldn t see his expressions. to me that was too quick and too
but it s good to be prepared. just in case they don t. let s go places, safely. after fleeing the bartlett residence, charlie and carol went 70-year-old august meyer. family friend, knows charlie since he was a boy. what did they do to him? charlie claimed that august meyer came to the door carrying a gun and so charlie supposedly felt threatened and shot him. i think he just looked for an excuse to kill him. it was just another cold blooded killing. i m thinking now, he s killed him, i know what he s capable of. and i m going, oh, i better be very careful and don t cross him