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This sale is for one vinyl, ink. painting titled “Vietnam” by serial killer Arthur John Shawcross.

The size of the piece is 8” x 10”

 

Arthur John Shawcross (June 6, 1945 – November 10, 2008), also known as the Genesee River Killer, was an American serial active in Rochester, New York.

His first known murders were in 1972 when he killed a young boy and a girl. Under the terms of a plea bargain, Shawcross was allowed to plead guilty to one charge of manslaughter, for which he served 12 years of a 25 year sentence. He killed most of his victims in 1988 and '89 after being paroled early which led to criticism of the justice system. A food service worker, Shawcross trawled the streets of Rochester in his girlfriend's 1984 sky blue Dodge Omni (later using her 1987 Chevy Celebrity), looking for prostitutes to abduct.

 

He died in Albany, New York in 2008. Michael H. Stone, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, and an authority on violent behavior, identified Shawcross as "one of the most egregious examples of the unwarranted release of a prisoner" in his book, The Anatomy of Evil.

 

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Ink and Painting - Arthur John Shawcross "aka" Genesee River Killer

SKU: SK198
$475.00Price
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