Billy Gohl (died 1928) was an American serial killer who, while working as a union official, would murder sailors passing through Aberdeen, Washington. He murdered for an unknown period of time and was a suspect in 41 murders until his capture in 1913. Washington State had abolished the death penalty the year before his conviction, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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  • Billy Gohl (died 1928) was an American serial killer who, while working as a union official, would murder sailors passing through Aberdeen, Washington. He murdered for an unknown period of time and was a suspect in 41 murders until his capture in 1913. Washington State had abolished the death penalty the year before his conviction, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Those in favor of the reinstatement of capital punishment would often cite him as an example of a who deserved to die for his crimes.
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  • 1913 (xsd:integer)
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  • After 1900
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  • Billy Gohl
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  • Died in Prison
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  • 1928 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1912 (xsd:integer)
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  • Billy Gohl
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  • 2 (but possibly 41+)
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  • Billy Gohl (died 1928) was an American serial killer who, while working as a union official, would murder sailors passing through Aberdeen, Washington. He murdered for an unknown period of time and was a suspect in 41 murders until his capture in 1913. Washington State had abolished the death penalty the year before his conviction, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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  • Billy Gohl
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