Craig Price | |
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| Born | Craig Chandler Price October 11, 1973 Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Status | Incarcerated |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4 |
Span of crimes | July 27, 1987 – September 1, 1989 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Rhode Island |
Date apprehended | September 5, 1989 |
| Imprisoned at | Union Correctional Institution, Raiford, Florida |
Craig Chandler Price (born October 11, 1973) is an American serial killer who committed his crimes in Warwick, Rhode Island between the ages of 13 and 15. He was arrested in 1989 for four murders committed in his neighborhood: a woman and her two daughters that year, and the murder of another woman two years earlier.[1] He had an existing criminal record for petty theft.[1]
Price calmly confessed to his crimes after he was discovered.[1][2] He was arrested a month before his 16th birthday[3] and was tried and convicted as a minor. By law, this meant that he would be released and his criminal records sealed when he turned 21,[1][4] and Price bragged that he would "make history" when he was released.[1]
The case led to changes in state law to allow juveniles to be tried as adults for serious crimes, but these could not be applied retroactively to Price.[2] Rhode Island residents formed the group Citizens Opposed to the Release of Craig Price to lobby for his continued imprisonment, due to the brutality of his crimes and the opinion of state psychologists that he was a poor candidate for rehabilitation.[2] However Price was not released due to a series of crimes he committed behind bars while he was held in the Rhode Island Training School.[5]
During his incarceration, Price has been charged with additional crimes, including criminal contempt for refusing a psychological evaluation,[4] extortion for threatening a corrections officer, assault, and violation of probation for fights while in prison.[1] He was sentenced to an additional 10–25 years, depending on his cooperation with treatment. Craig Price is the youngest serial killer in U.S. history.
- ^ a b c d e f "Hulking boy killer changes justice system". Associated Press via CNN.com. 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ^ a b c "Citizens' Group Warns Public of Convict's Release From Prison". The New York Times. New York, NY. August 21, 1994. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Teen-ager charged in three homicides and 1987 slaying". Spokane Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. September 18, 1989. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ a b Hill, John (March 10, 2009). "Murderer Craig Price denied parole". The Providence Journal. Providence, RI. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Tape of Craig Price's chilling confession surfaces 1 year before serial killer's potential release". October 25, 2018.