Richard Benjamin Speck

Cases

• Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
  Named suspectConvicted

Timeline

Events across every case involving this person

1. December 6, 1941

   Richard Speck born in Kirkwood, Illinois

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
2. January 1, 1966

   Richard Speck imprisoned at Stateville Prison

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
3. July 1, 1966

   ER physician discovers 'Born to Raise Hell' tattoo on Richard Speck at hospital

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
4. July 1, 1966

   Fingerprints recovered at townhouse crime scene implicate suspect

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
5. July 1, 1966

   Corazon Amurao's testimony identifies Richard Speck as perpetrator

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
6. July 13, 1966

   Richard Speck, having spent the evening drinking at Chicago bars, enters a South Deering townhouse dormitory housing student nurses

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
7. July 13, 1966

   Speck murders eight student nurses in the townhouse dormitory; Corazon Amurao survives by hiding under a bed

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
8. July 13, 1966

   Corazon Amurao attacked and nearly killed

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
9. July 13, 1966

   Nina Jo Schmale murdered

   Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
10. July 14, 1966

    Speck arrested at a Chicago hospital after an emergency room physician recognizes his 'Born to Raise Hell' tattoo from survivor descriptions

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
11. July 14, 1966

    Richard Speck arrested at hospital

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
12. July 26, 1966

    charging

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
13. January 1, 1967

    Richard Speck sentenced to death

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
14. April 3, 1967

    trial start

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
15. April 15, 1967

    Richard Speck convicted of murders

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
16. September 15, 1976

    Richard Speck denied parole multiple times during incarceration

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
17. December 5, 1991

    Richard Speck dies in Joliet, Illinois, one day before his 50th birthday

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
18. December 5, 1991

    Richard Speck dies of natural causes (heart attack) in Joliet, Illinois

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders
19. May 1, 1996

    CBS Chicago releases prison footage of Richard Speck confessing to murders

    Richard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murders