Joseph Geist
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Case Facts
- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Date of birth
- May 22, 1956
- Age at first offence
- 30
- Characteristics
- fugitive, rape
- Victim profile
- Adult male victims at random
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- 1986
- Years active
- 1986
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Life imprisonment
Sentenced to death, 1991; commuted to life in prison on January 17, 1992
Case Summary
Case record: Joseph Geist
Background
Joseph Geist was a neo-nazi cab driver.
Sex: M Race: W Type: T Motive: PC-extremist
The offence
Joseph Geist shot adult male victims at random.
Investigation
Michael Newton documented the case in An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers.
Trial
Joseph Geist was condemned on a second count in 1991.
Sentencing
Joseph Geist was sentenced to death in 1991.
He received 65 years on one count in 1989.
He received 18 years for attempted murder of a victim who survived in 1990.
Appeals
The death sentence was commuted to life in prison on January 17, 1992.
Outcome
Joseph Geist’s death sentence was commuted to life in prison on January 17, 1992.
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