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  Arthur Shawcross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Shawcross (born June 6, 1945) is an American serial killer, also known as The Genesee River Killer.
Shawcross dropped out of school in the ninth grade, and when he was nineteen he enlisted in the army.
Sure enough, Shawcross was spotted masturbating as he sat on a bridge over the river in which the body of his final victim was floating.
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 Serial Killers A-Z; Arthur Shawcross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Arthur Shawcross seemed almost destined to be a serial killer.
The man was Shawcross, who had picked an unfortunate time to come to the dumpsite and relive the killing.
Shawcross soon bent under questioning and admitted to slaying the eleven women, later leading police to the two yet-undiscovered bodies.
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 Manson Family Picnic cookbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Arthur spent only 15 years in prison for murdering a 10 and 8-year-old in 1972, was released in 1987, and immediately began a 3 year killing spree that left at least eleven dead ladies.
Shawcross would cut out and eat the woman's vagina, before discarding the body in the woods along the Genesee River in upstate New York.
Arthur was convicted of 10 murders in 1990, later admitted an eleventh victim, and is currently serving 10 consecutive terms of 25 years.
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 Biography on A&E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BIOGRAPHY: Arthur Shawcross reveals a childhood that was a blueprint for sociopathic behavior: a love/hate relationship with his parents, behavioral problems, bed wetting, arson—and several head injuries.
Shawcross would go into the jungle alone at night to kill women and children, claiming the victims were enemy collaborators.
Shawcross was found guilty and sentenced to 450 years in prison.
www.biography.com /tv/listings/shawcross_a_new.html   (257 words)

  
 The Misbegotten Son by Jack Olsen, a review by Andrew Vachss: The Zero 5.0laf - The Official Website of Andrew Vachss
Shawcross was a ticking bomb, a fact obvious to even the most casual observer from an early age when he displayed what criminologists call the classic homicide triad—fire-setting, torturing small animals and bed-wetting.
Shawcross when he was first incarcerated in 1972 in the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, N.Y.: "A dangerous schizophrenic pedophile, suffering from 'intermittent explosive personality.'...He heard voices when he was depressed, engaged in fantasy as a source of satisfaction, and had an 'oral-erotic fixation with need for maternal protection.'"
Shawcross induced a "Rashomon" effect: one postulated that his condition resulted form post-traumatic stress disorder, another attributed his behavior to the infamous XYY chromosome (an extra Y, or male, chromosome that some scientists believe induces a proclivity to aggressive behavior), still another proclaimed him a classic sociopath.
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 The Daily Star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Shawcross, who was convicted of killing 11 Rochester-area women a decade ago after being pressured to leave Delhi, was released from solitary confinement at Sullivan Correctional Facility on Saturday.
Corrections officials determined that Shawcross was not violating the state's "Son of Sam" law, which prohibits inmates from profiting from their crime, because Shawcross was not accused of benefiting from the murders that led to his arrest.
Shawcross was paroled from prison in the late 1980s after serving time for the death of a child.
www.thedailystar.com /news/stories/2000/06/19/shawcross.html   (430 words)

  
 L&I COTD: Shawcross, Arthur John
Arthur Shawcross describes his childhood home as a virtual war zone, marked by violent arguments that included his mother accusing Arthur's father of infidelity, sometimes while brandishing a kitchen knife.
Shawcross was an immediate suspect, known for his trouble with neighborhood children, having lately paid a fine for spanking one small boy and stuffing grass into his pants.
Shawcross strangled her on March 15, 1988, later complaining that she had bitten his penis and called him a "faggot." Her body, bearing deep bite marks around the genitals, was found in Salmon Creek, northwest of Rochester, on March 24.
www.mail-archive.com /law-issues@mylist.net/msg02802.html   (2027 words)

  
 Arthur Shawcross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Arthur Shawcross (13) An unrepentant cannibal, Art munched on two Vietnamese girls during his tour of duty in 'Nam.
Shawcross -- certainly not up for the GI Nice Guy award -- claimed to have killed women and children indiscriminately while fighting for Uncle Sam.
Shawcross, of course, used Neal's car to pick up, have sex with, and then kill his victims.
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 POLS 594-A Writing & Citing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Arthur Shawcross (left) was paroled after serving 15 years for the brutal rape and murder of two children in upstate New York.
In 1973, Shawcross, one of New York's most ruthless serial killers, was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of two children in upstate New York.
The time that Shawcross spent in prison was not punishment; it was a mere inconvenience that offered New Yorkers nothing more than a 15-year moratorium from his murderous acts.
www.ohiou.edu /pols/faculty/shafie/594A-3c.html   (1913 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Arthur Shawcross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining.
Sanity is a legal term denoting that an individual is of sound mind and therefore can bear legal responsibility for his or her actions.
Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer (1992) Dr. Joel Norris, Pinnacle Books ISBN: 1558175784 The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique1 identifier for books, intended to be used commercially.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arthur-Shawcross   (1399 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Arrested for these crimes, twenty-seven-year-old Shawcross confessed to both slayings but was later able to obtain a generous deal with the prosecutors.
The paperback came with a tape that contained ''"the live confessions of Arthur Shawcross and his hideous crimes!"'' This naturally drew some criticism that Norris was sensationalizing the case.
Arthur Shawcross is currently held at Sullivan Correctional Facility.
www.mauspfeil.net /Arthur_Shawcross.html   (710 words)

  
 News & Opinion: Odds & Ends (Weekly Alibi . 10-04-99)
Shawcross also lost privileges to receive packages, buy items at the prison store and make phone calls and has been barred from arts and crafts programs.
An investigation had determined that Shawcross was mailing artwork and autographs from his cell to people on the outside who would then sell the items on an eBay.com auction.
Shawcross was instead paid with favors and gifts, such as shoes.
weeklywire.com /ww/10-04-99/alibi_facts.html   (613 words)

  
 Serial Killer Arthur Shawcross
Arthur Shawcross recieved a second chance at life after being released back into the community for the murder of two small children.
Arthur followed the news of the murders closely.
Shawcross didn't fit the profile to well, but when the checked his history their interests changed.
www.francesfarmersrevenge.com /stuff/serialkillers/shawcross.htm   (647 words)

  
 Inmate Arthur Shawcross receives two years SHU time for selling art items   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Shawcross' arts and crafts privileges were suspended on September 10, one day after the Department learned that eBay, a Web-based auction house, was conducting public auctions on a variety of items bearing Shawcross' signature.
Shawcross, 54, is serving a term of 250 years to life for 12 second-degree murder convictions in 1991 in Monroe County.
Shawcross is not eligible for parole until January 10, 2240.
www.docs.state.ny.us /PressRel/arthurshu.html   (506 words)

  
 The Misbegotten Son Edifying Spectacle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Not only should it have been obvious to everyone, long before he killed anyone, that Shawcross was a ticking bomb of sexual sadism, but he should never have been released from prison to kill again.
Arthur Shawcross is to be pitied, but you just cannot.
Shawcross grew up in a tiny village in upstate New York, quit school in the 9th grade after being held back twice, served in the Army and then his life fell apart.
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 cars - Arthur Shawcross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Shawcross pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but the jury found him sane and guilty.
A few months later, Shawcross was taken to Wayne County to be tried for the murder of Elizabeth Gibson.
The convicted serial-killer bragged of slicing out and eating the vaginas of three victims, and also to castrating and eating the genitals of the boy he killed in 1972, Jake Blake.
www.carluvers.com /cars/Arthur_Shawcross   (649 words)

  
 Arthur Shawcross
Arthur Shawcross can never remember a time when he was not preoccupied with sex, even from as early as eight he frequently masturbated and progress onto oral sex with both male and female friends.
The turning point in Arthur Shawcross' life came in 1968, when Arthur was conscripted into the army and began a tour of duty in Vietnam.
Prison officials said Shawcross did not violate the state's "Son of Sam" law because he was not accused of benefiting from the actual crimes that led to his arrest.
www.arminm.com /arthur_shawcross.htm   (6906 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Misbegotten Son   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Born in 1945 in upstate New York, Shawcross was perceived as different even in childhood (his classmates dubbed him "Oddie," and elementary school officials called for mental health evaluations).
Shawcross is one sick pup and you'll get to know him real well by th time you put this book down.
At the conclusion, a dogged psychiatrist finally uncovers that Arthur has a severe biological impairment, an extra Y chromosome and a little known compound that is a marker for violent behavior.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0385299362   (927 words)

  
 Serial Killer Punished for eBay Sales; Maine Antique Digest, November 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Convicted serial killer Arthur Shawcross, also known as "The Genesee River Killer," was sentenced to two years of solitary confinement and five years without arts and crafts privileges for selling his artwork and autographs while incarcerated at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Shawcross was not accused of violating New York's "Son of Sam" law, which prohibits inmates from benefiting from their crimes.
Shawcross, 54, is serving a 250-year to life sentence for killing 11 women in the Rochester, New York, area.
www.maineantiquedigest.com /articles/shaw1199.htm   (594 words)

  
 The Dark Side: Art, Ed, and Joe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kemper was so well-liked by his buddies in the police department, by the way, that he had to argue with them to convince them it wasn't a joke when he finally called, confessed, and actually asked someone to come arrest him.
Arthur Shawcross [crimelibrary.com link] was an upstate New York serial killer who killed prostitutes in the Rochester area in the late 1980s.
Arthur Shawcross, at age 27, killed Jack Blake, age 10, and eight-year-old Karen Ann Hill.
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 Amazon.fr : Chroniques et points de vue Livres en anglais: The Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims : ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It remained for psychiatrist Richard Kraus to hypothesize that physiology was the basis for Shawcross's behavior--he diagnosed Shawcross as suffering from a metabolic ailment known as pyroluria and an abnormal genetic constitution.
Arthur Shawcross, the "misbegotten son," was convicted in 1990 of the serial murders of nine prostitutes in Rochester, New York.
An account of the life and crimes of convicted killer Arthur Shawcross describes how Shawcross, after being found guilty of the murders of two children, was released only to murder eleven prostitutes.
www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/english-books/044021646X/reviews   (892 words)

  
 DEATH ROW POETRY - Part III
Shawcross had steadfastly maintained that it was these experiences that led him down the path of serial murder.
Shawcross was apprehended at the Genessee River when he was spotted from a police helicopter circling the area.
Shawcross, who blames his service in the Army for his incarceration behind bars refuses to acknowledge the great symbol of the American military movement in words.
www.mochamemoirs.com /Aug02/poetry_article_Aug02.htm   (1000 words)

  
 DOCS suspends serial killer Arthur Shawcross' arts and crafts priviileges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Convicted serial killer Arthur Shawcross has lost arts and crafts privileges, at least temporarily, after the Department of Correctional Services learned that he was having his autographs and artworks sold on the Internet, Commissioner Glenn S. Goord said today.
Shawcross' privileges were suspended last Friday, one day after the Department learned that eBay, a Web-based auction house, was conducting public auctions on a variety of items bearing Shawcross' signature.
A preliminary investigation has determined that Shawcross would mail the autographs and artworks from the Sullivan Correctional Facility where he is housed, to others and receive a fee for those items.
www.docs.state.ny.us /PressRel/shawcros.html   (469 words)

  
 Zodiackiller.com Message Board
Arthur Shawcross was caught and convicted for the rape murders of two children in Watertown, NY.
Shawcross was on escalation, Bundy totally fell apart as though he was ready to face the judicial system head on.
Shawcross is good though Invinc, that was two on the way up to target.
www.zodiackiller.com /mba/ala/53.html   (5522 words)

  
 Multiple Personality Disorder: Crime and Defense - The Crime library
The prosecution's psychiatrist, Dr. Park Dietz, said Shawcross suffered from antisocial personality disorder, but that did not necessarily produce a mental disease or defect that hindered his awareness of what he was doing.
Shawcross had tried to avoid detection and apprehension, which clearly indicated his appreciation for the wrongfulness of his behavior.
Shawcross was sentenced to 25 years to life on each of the counts.
www.crimelibrary.com /criminal_mind/psychology/multiples/8.html?sect=19   (844 words)

  
 PHONE-SOFT INTERNET DIRECTORY INTERNATIONAL:SHAWCROSS, ARTHUR
Arthur Shawcross - A brief psychological profile written by a student at Oklahoma State University.
Crime Library: Arthur Shawcross - Patrick Bellamy's feature story on the man who killed eleven prostitutes in New York.
Serial Killer Central: Arthur Shawcross - A brief overview of the Genesee River Killer's life and crimes.
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 Shawcross, John Frederick genealogy
Shawcross listed in the Shallcross Pedigrees book by the Rev. W.H.Shawcross in 1908 on page clii, born in 1796 in Urmston died 1857
Shawcross in the Pedigrees book has the various branches of the family
Shawcross of Timperley, Cheshire; James moved from Urmston c.
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 Netscape Search Category - Shawcross, Arthur John   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Crime Library: Arthur Shawcross Patrick Bellamy's feature story on the man who killed eleven prostitutes in New York.
Crime Web: Arthur Shawcross A study of the man who blamed the Vietnam War for the murders he committed.
Serial Killer Central: Arthur Shawcross A brief overview of the Genesee River Killer's life and crimes.
h-207-200-81-7.netscape.com /Society/Crime/Murder/Serial_Murder/Serial_Killers/Shawcross,_Arthur_John   (152 words)

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