Jack Owen Spillman
| Jack Owen Spillman III | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 30, 1969 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Other names | The Werewolf Butcher |
| Years active | Mid 1990's |
| Criminal penalty | Life in prison |
| Conviction(s) | 3 counts of aggravated murder |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | East Wenatchee, Washington |
Date apprehended | 1996 |
Jack Owen Spillman III (born 30 August 1969)[1] is a serial killer from Spokane, Washington. He is known as "The Werewolf Butcher".
Crimes
Spillman was convicted of the murders of a 48-year-old East Wenatchee, Washington woman and her 15-year-old daughter in April 1995, and the murder of a 9-year-old girl in 1994.
Spillman's black pickup truck matched the description of a vehicle seen in a parking lot near the victims' home on the night of the murder. That evening Spillman was stopped by an East Wenatchee police officer in the parking lot of a VFW hall nearby. Later a knife was recovered at that location. It was a 12-inch knife covered in blood and appeared to match a knife set in the victims' home. Before he was arrested, Spillman was kept under surveillance for a week while laboratory tests were performed.[2] The woman and her daughter had both been sexually mutilated and posed in provocative positions.[3]
Under threat of the death penalty, he later admitted to killing a 9 year-old Okanogan County girl the previous year. Her body, when exhumed, had also been posed in a provocative position.[3] Spillman pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated murder and was sentenced to life in prison in 1996. Spillman is serving his sentence at Washington State Penitentiary.
Prior criminal history
His criminal record includes impending charges on rape in King County and burglary in Spokane County. According to court documents, "Spillman would declare to Miller (his cellmate) that he wanted to be the world’s greatest serial killer."[4]
References
- ↑ Wardell, Carol A. (1 July 1996). "Report of the Trial Judge" (PDF). Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ↑ Brandt, Aviva L. (21 April 1995). "Suspect Seen Near Site Where Knife Was Found Police Encountered Spillman Two Hours After Double Murders". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press.
- 1 2 Ramsland, Katherine; McGrain, Patrick Norman (2009). Inside the Minds of Sexual Predators. ABC-CLIO. p. 33. ISBN 9780313379611.
- ↑ "Man Pleads Guilty to Mutilation Slayings", (convenience link) The Seattle Times, 30 April 1996. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
External links
- Katherine Ramsland. "The Werewolf Syndrome: Compulsive Bestial Slaughterers". truTV Crime Library. Retrieved 9 May 2012. A couple of pages of this article deal with Spillman; it is a more overall look at the werewolf issue in crime.