John Linley Frazier
John Linley Frazier (* 1946 or 1947 in Ohio ; † August 20, 2009 in Ione , California ) was an American murderer who, at the same time as Herbert Mullin and Edmund Emil Kemper in Santa Cruz, committed his deeds and also as a hippie Known murderer .
On October 19, 1970, he murdered the ophthalmologist Victor Ohta, his wife, two sons and a secretary.
He was arrested four days later and sentenced to death by gas on November 29, 1971 by a grand jury . In 1972 the death penalty was banned in California and Frazier's sentence was therefore commuted to life imprisonment .
In 2009 Frazier hanged himself in California State Prison in Ione.
literature
- Ward Damio: Urge to Kill . Pinnacle Books, 1974, ISBN 0-523-00380-3 .
- David Everitt: Human Monsters. Contemporary Books, New York 1993. ISBN 9780809239948
- Donald T. Lunde: Murder and Madness. San Francisco Book Co., San Francisco, CA 1976. ISBN 9780913374320
Web links
- Jennifer Squires: Police: Mass murderer John Linley Frazier hanged himself in prison. Santa Cruz Sentinel, August 19, 2009, accessed August 16, 2010 .
- Katherine Ramsland: John Linley Frazier, the Killer Prophet and Hippie Murderer. The Year of the Hippie Murders. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., accessed August 16, 2010 .
- Mara Bovsun: Crazed Hippy Killer caused horror with 1970 murder of California doctor. NYDailyNews.com, March 22, 2009, accessed August 17, 2010 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frazier, John Linley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American murderer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 or 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 2009 |
| Place of death | Ione, California |