George Fitzsimmons

Homicide - Murderer

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: N ew York /P ennsylvania , USA
Date of birth: 1937
Age at first offence: 32
Characteristics: parricide, rape?, murder-suicide
Victim profile: William Fitzsimmons, 64, and his wife, Peral, 60 (his parents) / De Alton Nichols, 80, and his wife Euphrasia, 80 (his uncle and aunt)
Method of murder: By using "karate" / St abbing with a hunting knife
Date(s) of murder: January 12, 1969 / November 18, 1973
Years active: 1969–1973
Date of arrest: —
Status: Life imprisonment
Ruled insane, 1969; released from asylum, 1973; sentenced to two concurrent life terms, 1976

Case Summary

Background

George Fitzsimmons was the son of William Fitzsimmons and Peral Fitzsimmons. George Fitzsimmons killed his parents and later killed elderly caretakers.

The offence

George Fitzsimmons murdered William Fitzsimmons, 64, and his wife, Peral Fitzsimmons, 60, on January 12, 1969, by using "karate". George claimed that his father tried ti hit him because he refused to go to church with his parents. In an effort to defend himself, George hit his father on the head several times and then beat his mother until she too was death. After the double slaying, George drove to Rhode Island in his father's car. George later stabbed both Euphrasia Nichols, his aunt, and De Alton Nichols, his uncle, to death with a hunting knife. George inherited $123,000 from his parents. George went to Potter County in Pennsylvania to stay with his aunt and uncle, both 80 years old.

Other people involved

William Fitzsimmons was 64. Peral Fitzsimmons was 60. Euphrasia Nichols was 80. De Alton Nichols was 80.

Investigation

George Fitzsimmons was apprehended and tried for the double slaying.

Trial

Apprehended and tried for this double slaying, Fitzsimmons was send to de Buffalo Psychiatric Center from which he was released in 1973 on the grounds that psychiatrics testified that "he is without danger to himself and others." Previously he had been convicted of assaulting his wife.

Sentencing

George Fitzsimmons was sentenced to two concurrent life terms in 1976.

Outcome

George Fitzsimmons was ruled insane in 1969. He was released from asylum in 1973. He was sentenced to two concurrent life terms in 1976.

Aftermath

Having inherited $123,000 from his parents, Fitzsimmons went to Potter County in Pennsylvania to stay with his aunt and uncle, both 80 years old. Shortly thereafter he stabbed both Euphrasia Nichols, his aunt, and De Alton Nichols, his uncle, to death with a hunting knife.

Other details

George Fitzsimmons was 31 years old at the time of the January 12, 1969 murder of his parents. Gerhard Falk - Murder, an analysis of its forms, conditions, and causes SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-nonspecific MO: Killed parents (1969) and elderly caretakers (1973). DISPOSITION: Ruled insane, 1969; released from asylum 1973; two concurrent life terms, 1976. Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers

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