Caril Ann Fugate

Caril Ann Clair
Caril Fugate, pictured in February 1958
Born
Caril Ann Fugate

(1943-07-30) July 30, 1943 (age 81)
Criminal statusReleased
Spouse
Fredrick Clair
(m. 2007; died 2013)
Conviction(s)First degree murder (2 counts)[1]
Criminal penalty

Caril Ann Fugate (born July 30, 1943) is the youngest female in United States history to have been tried and convicted of first-degree murder.[2] She was the adolescent girlfriend of spree killer Charles Starkweather, being just 14 years old when his murders took place in 1958.[3] She was convicted as his accomplice and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1976, she was paroled after serving 18 years.

  1. ^ "Fugate v. State".
  2. ^ Cawthorne, Nigel (2007-01-01). Serial Killers & Mass Murderers: Profiles of the World's Most Barbaric Criminals. Ulysses Press. ISBN 9781569755785.
  3. ^ Rule, Ann (2004). Kiss Me, Kill Me: Ann Rule's Crime Files. Simon and Schuster. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-671-69139-4. Retrieved October 22, 2010.