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Jesse Pomeroy

Jesse Pomeroy. November 29, 1859 – September 29, 1932. 1 st Crime Date: March 18, 1874 1 st Crime: The torturing and stabbing of 10 year old Katie Curran Place: His mother’s dress shop in Charlestown, Massachusetts Victim: Katie Curran Young Offender: 12 year old Jesse Pomeroy.

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Jesse Pomeroy

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  1. Jesse Pomeroy

  2. November 29, 1859 – September 29, 1932 1st Crime Date: March 18, 1874 1st Crime: The torturing and stabbing of 10 year old Katie Curran Place:His mother’s dress shop in Charlestown, Massachusetts Victim: Katie Curran Young Offender: 12 year old Jesse Pomeroy 2nd Crime Date: April 24, 1874 2nd Crime: The stabbing and near-decapitation of 4 year old Horace Miller Place: Dorchester Bay, Massachusetts Victim: Horace Miller Young Offender: 12 year old Jesse Pomeroy

  3. Unfortunate Victims: Katie Curran Age 10 Horace Millen Age 4

  4. Jesse Pomeroy the murderer

  5. Jesse Harding Pomeroy • Youngest of two children • Cruel and disciplinary father • Had infectious eye • Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts • America’s first infamous underage serial killer • Stated that he “couldn’t help” murdering his victims • Nicknames: “The Boy Fiend”, “The Boy Murderer”, “The Young Demon”, and “The Child Murderer”

  6. Sentence December 10, 1874  was found guilty February 1875  sentenced to hang September 7, 1876 16 years old when sentenced to Charlestown State Prison Judges would not take responsibility for Pomeroy’s hanging

  7. Resources murderpedia.com murderbygaslight.blogspot.com trutv.com celebrateboston.com serialkillers.briancombs.net

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