Harvey Carignan
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| Born | Harvey Louis Carignan May 18, 1927 |
| Other names | The Want-Ad Killer |
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| Criminal penalty | 150 years imprisonment |
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Span of crimes | July 31, 1949 – September 20, 1974 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Alaska, Minnesota, Washington |
Date apprehended | September 24, 1974 |
| Imprisoned at | Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault |
Harvey Louis Carignan (born May 18, 1927) is an American serial killer serving a 40-year sentence at the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault for the murders of two women.[1] He had been previously convicted for a 1949 rape and murder he committed while stationed in the U.S. Army, in Anchorage, Alaska. Although he was sentenced to hang, he was ultimately paroled for that crime in 1960.[2]
In popular culture
- Book The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule, September 1983.[3]
- Documentary Series The Serial Killers Episode 2
- Book Talking with serial killers.
- Book "Alcatraz: The Last Survivors"
See also
References
- ^ "Offender Locator - Offender Information". Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- ^ Townsend, Catherine (25 September 2017). "A Look Back At Harvey "The Hammer" Carignan, "The Want Ad Killer" - CrimeFeed". CrimeFeed. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Rule, Ann (1983). The Want-Ad Killer (Updated ed.). New York: Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9780451166883. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
External links
- United Press International article, February 20, 1975
- The Want-Ad Killer: Harvey Carignan, by Ann Rule
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