Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. In —an epidemic year for polio—there were 58, new cases Following an anonymous tip, police enter a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, an exclusive suburb of San Diego, California, and discover 39 victims of a mass suicide.
The deceased—21 women and 18 men of varying ages—were all found lying peaceably in matching dark clothes and Nike In a ceremony at the White House, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign a historic peace agreement, ending three decades of hostilities between Egypt and Israel and establishing diplomatic and commercial ties. Less than two years Italy attacks the British fleet at Souda Bay, Crete, using detachable warheads to sink a British cruiser.
The manned torpedo, also known as the The antiwar movement had initially given Nixon a chance to make good on his campaign promises to end the war in Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. On March 26, , President Thomas Jefferson attends a public party at the Senate and leads a diverse crowd in consuming an enormous loaf of bread dubbed the mammoth loaf.
The giant bread was baked to go with the remnants of an enormous block of cheese. Two years earlier, a She could not finish the bread and water she had been given, which enraged Heidnik. He strapped Sandra from the ceiling with chains and forced another victim, Lisa Thomas to beat her for three days until she died from starvation and torture.
He became agitated and carried her body upstairs where he used an electric saw to dismembered her He put her limbs in the freezer then cooked other various parts to dispose of her body.
When officers knocked on his door to investigate, Heidnik was able to convince police he had burnt a roast. The second to die was Deborah Dudley. Confrontational and unwilling to cooperate, Heidnik abused her the worst of the women. Heidnik forced all but Josefina into the hole in the basement floor. Josefina was made to fill the hole with water while, he held live wire to their chains.
Deborah continued protesting and making noise, so Heidnik held the wire to her chains for an extended period of time, killing her by electrocution. The nightmare came to an end on March 24, Josefina the trust she built with Heidnik to finally escape. She helped him capture his last victim, Agnes Adams as a ruse.
Josefina was supposed to help Heidnik capture more women, but instead she took a window of opportunity to save herself and the remaining victims. I had no idea what I was doing. Josefina and Heidnik stopped at a gas station on the corner of 6th and Girard. When Heidnik let her out to capture his next victim, she quickly walked away when Heidnik was not looking.
She went to a nearby payphone and she called the police. Josefina told the police what happened and where they could find Heidnik. A young, cocky defense attorney, Chuck Peruto , took Heidnik as a client. Peruto claimed Heidnik was insane, unaware of his actions, and unaware of the consequences of his actions. Upon arrest, Heidnik told police the women were already in his basement when he moved in a few years earlier. During the trial, he looked like a total whack job.
Did I do that? This Peruto guy seems like a real piece of shit. Jurors said the defense could not prove insanity due to various factors.
Heidnik was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection in After several failed appeals, Heidnik was put to death in He was the l ast person executed in Pennsylvania. Had Heidnik been properly charged in the rape of Alberta in , the later kidnapping, rape, and murders would never have occurred. There was plenty to predict what would happen, but no one did.
The murder house still stands at North Marshall Avenue, though renovations have been made, making the appearance very different. The basement has been cemented shut and recently the house was renovated into two apartments. If you want to read more about murder houses, check back to the last post, discussing the Los Feliz murder mansion. Have you visited a murder house?
Do you know someone who lives in a murder house? There are open wounds on her head, which she had covered with a hood when police found her. She had scars over her face, arms, and legs, he said. Police found Beatrice Weston among a group of 10 children and teens who were located Tuesday after Florida police tipped off Philadelphia cops that there may be more victims and that Weston had been living with at least seven children in her last home in West Palm Beach, Fla..
One of the individuals found was Weston, and another was McIntosh, whom police arrested. Two other adult males were initially taken into custody and then released. Police also took six children into protective custody, two of whom were the children of a mentally handicapped couple who were held captive by Weston for years, police said.
The children, ages 2 and 5, were severely malnourished. Evers noted that the 2-year-old girl looked like a 6-month-old baby when she was found. Police are trying to identify the rest of the group, including three other young adults and four other children.
Weston and Gregory's son, Thomas Gregory, Jr. A task force is working around the clock to try and locate as many as 50 possible victims of the alleged fraud and kidnapping ring that is said to have spanned a number of states including Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and now Pennsylvania.
Detectives also found dozens of identification cards, power-of-attorney forms and other documents. Philadelphia police formed a task force to investigate the case as authorities try to find as many as 50 more possible fraud victims, Officer Jillian Russell said.
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