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Raymond PLUNKETT
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Parricide
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: December 10, 1942
Date of arrest: Same day (suicide attempt)
Date of birth: 1914
Victim profile: His 5 month old baby
Method of murder: ???
Location: Ely County, Nevada, USA
Status: Executed by asphyxiation-gas in Nevada on June 30, 1944
 
 
 
 
 
 

Raymond Plunkett was executed in the Nevada State Prison on June 30, 1944.

He was a native of Holly Pond, Alabama and at the time of his death was 30 years old.

Plunkett was executed for murdering his 5 month old baby. After killing the baby he attempted suicide by slitting his wrists with a straight razor.

The murder took place in Ely in eastern Nevada on December 10, 1942 while the mother was away working at the Troy Laundry.

Plunkett in a statement said that he felt in his own mind that if he killed the baby he was not good enough to live, so he attempted suicide.

Testimony in his trial showed that he had given orders to various people to leave his baby alone and not to interfere with it whether it was crying or not because he wanted to make it tough.

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