SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

MO: Bludgeoned/stabbed/robbed two men and four females age 13-85; at least one female victim also raped.

New York -- Tight-lipped and unshaven, mass murderer John Francis Roche is accompanied by a Dept. of Corrections officer as he left the Tombs en route to await execution. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the rape-murder of Dorothy Westwater, 14 year old schoolgirl. Roche has also confessed to four other homicides. (1954)

November 30, 1954 - John Francis Roche, confessed slayer of five persons, including a 14-year-old schoolgirl, sits in a car outside General Sessions Court, before leaving for Sing Sing's death row. Roche, a 27-year-old plumber's helper, was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison on January 10th. Roche was convicted November 9th for the murder of Dorothy Westwater, a Manhattan schoolgirl.