Her brother, John Farris, still carries the photo and prayer card in his wallet 50 years later. Chicago Tribune's Mary Schmich contributed. Over his 25-year career with the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, Douglas interviewed hundreds of America's most notoriously brutal killers, from Charles Manson and Ted Bundy to " Son of Sam " David Berkowitz and the " BTK Killer ," Dennis Rader. Shortly before she died, she wrote a friend about a trip to Wisconsin. "Awful, awful. After his killing spree in 1966, a manhunt ensued and he was captured two days later. Always a quiet woman, she grew quieter. In the Davy family, according to Lori, grieving openly for Gloria was considered weakness, especially by her father, the military man. Then one day last fall, she found a voicemail from John Schmale. Why he did what he did in the next few hours will never be known. His horrifying violence had made him a murderous celebrity on the level of John Dillinger. Before long, the Davy home was packed with people, and every room, it seemed, was packed with roses, so many roses the scent made Lori sick. Life, though not idyllic, felt safe. In November 1962, Speck married Shirley Malone, and they had a daughter, Bobby Lynn, soon after. In those postwar years, most residents of Chicago's Far South Side were white and working-class, still close to their immigrant roots. Where Is Acquitted Murderer Candy Montgomery Now? "She was great with him," recalled their sister, Susan Jordan Morin. A photo shows four of the eight slain student nurses at South Chicago Community Hospital, circa 1966. Richard Speck - Wikipedia When 23-year-old Corazon Amurao opened the front door to Speck's knock, he forced his way in at gunpoint. Fifty years later, Pat Matusek's two best childhood friends are the primary custodians of her past. What he did, however, is known, because Cora, a 4-foot-10 nurse from the land of the concealed knife, escaped his sight at one point and hid under one bed, then another, until he was gone. The particulars could have come from a college fraternity boy. They were excited. In recent months, John Schmale has tried, with no luck, to find friends and relatives of Tina and Merlita, hoping to connect with them for the 50th anniversary commemoration. "The families are slowly disappearing.". Fifty years ago she managed to crawl under a bed and hide while Richard Speck methodically stabbed and strangled eight young nurses after telling them he would not hurt them, that he just needed money to get to New Orleans. "The mailman would bring them in boxes," he said. She also wrote about Chicago's weather, which she described in one letter as "really terrible. Student nurses Suzanne Farris, left, and Mary Ann Jordan are shown in their townhouse,circa 1966. Lori realized it was time to tell the truth. Finding those carousels of slides, in September 2015, may have been a fluke, but it felt like a providential sign. Pamela Wilkening, left, Mary Ann Jordan, right, and Suzanne Farris, second from right, are shown with other student nurses having fun with a South Chicago Community Hospital School of Nursing banner, circa 1966. During this period he had the words "Born to Raise Hell" tattooed on his arm, a sentiment that wife Shirley had experienced firsthand: She filed for divorce in January 1966. Mary Ann Jordan grew up hearing her father's tales of her Irish grandmother, Grace. Episode #1.9: Directed by David Fincher. She began working at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington and then at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Until he was six-years-old, he lived a fairly normal life in a small town in Illinois. On that Monday, she was taken to a townhouse on East 100th Street rented by her new employer, South Chicago Community Hospital. Grace Jordan wasn't the only family member to stir Mary Ann's interest in nursing. Merlita grew up on the island of Mindoro where bananas, rice and coconut grow. Speck was never officially charged with the murders of which he was suspected prior to the events that took place in the South Chicago townhouse and, officially, those cases remain unsolved. I asked him if he wasn`t afraid of getting in trouble for talking about the contraband he kept in his cell.
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