Owen Caudle Butner

Murderer

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: —
Location: —
Date of birth: April 7, 1912
Age at first offence: 35
Characteristics: parricide
Victim profile: Mildred Butner ( his ex-wife )
Method of murder: Shooting Loca tion : Reno, Nevada, USA
Date(s) of murder: December 30, 1947
Years active: 1947
Date of arrest: —
Status: Executed
Executed by asphyxiation-gas in Nevada on February 10, 1951

Case Summary

Case overview

Owen Caudle Butner was executed by asphyxiation-gas in Nevada on February 10, 1951.

He was convicted in the murder of his ex-wife Mildred Butner on December 30, 1947 in Reno.

Timeline

December 30, 1947 — Mildred Butner was murdered in Reno; Owen Butner shot her three times when she exited a car with another man.
February 10, 1951 — Owen Caudle Butner was executed by asphyxiation-gas in Nevada.

Background

Owen Caudle Butner was a native of Gardnerville, Nevada, and was 39 years old at the time of his death.

Owen and Mildred Butner were married in 1933 and lived together in both California and Nevada. The couple divorced and then remarried. In September 1947, Mildred Butner received her second divorce from her husband.

Owen Butner pleaded with his ex-wife for another reconcilement, but she rebuffed him.

The offence

On the night of the murder, Owen Butner was outside his ex-wife’s house when Mildred Butner drove up with another man.

After Mildred Butner exited the car, Owen Butner shot her three times.

At the time of the shooting of his ex-wife, Owen Butner claimed that he was shooting it out with gangsters who were killing babies and putting them in the ice box at the Mapes Hotel.

When picked up, Owen Butner said:

"God, that's too bad, but I had to do it. She was an awfully nice woman. I suppose I will have to take the gas, but I had to do it."

Investigation and arrest

After Owen Butner was picked up, he made the statement quoted above.

Other details

Owen Butner was a policeman with the Reno Police Department from 1941 to August 15, 1947.

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