Inspired by the 1955 James Dean movie Rebel Without a Cause, he tried to emulate the look and style of its star. He also became romantically involved with a kindred rebellious spirit, Caril Ann Fugate, who was only 13 years old at the time.

Starkweather was sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair on June 25, 1959. He insisted that although he had personally killed most of the victims, Fugate had murdered several as well. She was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York, Nebraska.

Deceased (1938–1959)

Wyuka Funeral Home & Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Starkweather killed the family dog by breaking its neck, to keep it from alerting the Wards. Clara arrived first alone, and was also stabbed to death. Starkweather later admitted to having thrown a knife at Clara, but insisted that Fugate had stabbed her numerous times, killing her.

Schnick was convicted in the deaths of his wife, Julie, and two nephews, Kirk Buckner, who Mr. Schnick originally said committed the murders, and Michael Buckner, 2 years old. Mr. Schnick was also accused but not tried in the deaths of his brother-in-law, Steve Buckner; Mr.

7), based on the infamous killing spree of Charles Starkweather, a sociopathic young man who went on a bloody binge, basically because he had nothing else to do, and his 14-year-old paramour, Caril Ann Fugate, who may or may not have been a willing accomplice in the killing of 11 people in Nebraska in 1958, jarring and …

All psychopaths are psychotic. Some notorious serial killers referred to by the media as psychopathic, such as Charles Manson and David Berkowitz, have displayed pronounced features of psychosis rather than psychopathy.

Psychopathy is a serious personality disorder characterized by antisocial behavior, untruthfulness, irresponsibility, and lack of remorse or empathy.

To put the matter simplistically, psychopaths are born, and sociopaths are made. Both psychopathy and sociopathy, and APD generally, share features with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), the condition exhibited by persons commonly called narcissists.

Common signs of psychopathy disregarding or violating the rights of others. inability to distinguish between right and wrong. difficulty with showing remorse or empathy. tendency to lie often.

Children that show a lack of empathy, lack of guilt and have shallow emotions, defined as callous-unemotional traits, are at increased risk of developing psychopathy in adulthood. These children are more likely to display anti-social behaviour, such as bullying and aggression.