US mass murderer dies in prison

Howard Barton Unruh, who killed 13 people as he walked the streets of Camden, New Jersey, in a psychotic 1949 shooting spree that was the worst US mass murder at the time, has died at 88.

US mass murderer dies in prison
Tue, 20 Oct, 2009 - 10:09

Howard Barton Unruh, who killed 13 people as he walked the streets of Camden, New Jersey, in a psychotic 1949 shooting spree that was the worst US mass murder at the time, has died at 88.

Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk said Unruh died in a Trenton nursing facility after an extended illness.

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