Steven Brian Pennell

Steven Brian Pennell
Background information
Birth name	Steven Brian Pennell
Also known as	The I-40 Killer, The Corridor Killer
Born	November 22, 1957
Died	March 14, 1992
Cause of death	Execution by Lethal injection
Killings
Number of victims	2-5
Country	United States
State(s)	Delaware

Steven Brian Pennell (1957 or 1958 — March 14, 1992), aka The U.S. 40 Killer, was convicted of the murders of two New Castle County, Delaware women and suspected of three more. Pennell, an electrician by trade, picked up his victims in his van along U.S. 40 near Bear, a corridor known for prostitution activity.

Pennell was identified as the suspect by carpet fibers found on a victim's body; the fibers were from a carpet located on the floor of his van. Initially tried for first-degree murder and spared the death penalty on two murders in 1990, Pennell later decided to plead no contest to the murder of Kathleen Meyer in 1991 once DNA evidence linked him to the case.

He was executed in 1992 by the State of Delaware by lethal injection. He became the first person to be executed in Delaware since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated. He was the state's first and to date only confirmed serial killer.

See also

• Capital punishment in the United States
• List of individuals executed in Delaware

Sources

• Reid Kanaley. Serial killer Pennell executed in Del.dead link]. The Philadelphia Inquirer (1992-03-15). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
• Inmates Executed In Delaware Since 1992. Delaware Department of Correction. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
• Steven Pennell. Frances Farmers Revenge. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
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