Caril Ann Clair | |
|---|---|
 Caril Fugate, pictured in February 1958 | |
| Born | Caril Ann Fugate July 30, 1943 |
| Criminal status | Released |
| Spouse |
Fredrick Clair
(m. 2007; died 2013) |
| Conviction(s) | First degree murder (2 counts)[1] |
| Criminal penalty |
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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.
- ^ "Fugate v. State".
- ^ Cawthorne, Nigel (2007-01-01). Serial Killers & Mass Murderers: Profiles of the World's Most Barbaric Criminals. Ulysses Press. ISBN 9781569755785.
- ^ 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.