March 6, 1846 - Thomas D. Carr
Carr's brief life compressed an unusual range of serious crimes — theft, arson, wartime atrocities, and murder — into little more than two decades. He was hanged at twenty-four for the killing of a thirteen-year-old girl, but his deathbed confession extended his admitted body count to fourteen men, including a role in a notable 1867 West Virginia killing. The confession, offered on the eve of execution, remains the primary lens through which his full record is understood.
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Thomas David Carr (March 6, 1846 – March 24, 1870) was an American thief, arsonist, war criminal and self-confessed serial killer. He was hanged in 1870 for murdering 13-year-old Louisa Fox in Kirkwood Township, Belmont County, Ohio, and shortly before his execution, he confessed to murdering 14 men, including to participating in a famous 1867 murder that occurred in West Virginia.
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