Arthur Shawcross Biography

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NAME: Arthur Shawcross
OCCUPATION: Serial Killer
BIRTH DATE: June 06, 1945
DEATH DATE: November 10, 2008
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kittery, Maine
PLACE OF DEATH: Albany, New York
AKA: Genessee River Killer

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Serial killer Arthur Shawcross murdered 11 women from 1988 to 1990 in upstate New York, earning the nickname "The Genessee River Killer."

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Rather than claim insanity this time, he pleaded guilty and received a further life sentence.

Shawcross was held at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in New York State until November 10, 2008, when he complained of pain in his leg. He was transferred to a hospital where he died later that day of cardiac arrest.

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