Individual Details
Peter Edward Kenzik
(29 Jun 1907 - 9 Mar 1970)
Events
| Birth | 29 Jun 1907 | Pennsylvania, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1920 | Lorain, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Ohio State Reformatory, Madison Township, Richland, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 16 Dec 1938 | Lucas, Ohio, United States - Living | | ||
| Census-shared | 1940 | (Living) Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Residence | Bet 1941 and 1948 | Ohio Prison Farm, London, Richland, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Crime | 1941 | with stabbing his wife Emma - Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Crime | 2 Mar 1948 | escaping from prison - London, Richland, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Name Change | Aft 2 Mar 1948 | | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1949 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Clara Eriksen | | ||
| Crime | 13 Mar 1953 | the murder of his second wife Clara by stabbing - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |  | | |
| Crime | 8 Dec 1953 | added to FBI's 10 most wanted list | |||
| Residence | 26 Jan 1955 | San Diego, California, United States | | ||
| Crime | 17 Jun 1957 | sentenced to life in prison - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Death | 9 Mar 1970 | Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Peter Edward Miller |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Spouse | Clara Eriksen (1904 - 1953) |
Notes
Crime
Defendant and his wife had been separated about four times during their marriage, the final separation occurring about February 1, 1953. Later that month he went to the apartment occupied by his wife and mother-in-law and attempted a reconciliation. On that occasion he threatened his wife with a gun but later handed it to her at her request. He told his wife and mother-in-law he would kill them if they told the police about the incident. On March 13, 1953, *570 he again went to the apartment and talked with the mother-in-law while waiting for his wife to return from work. After about 20 minutes his wife returned and sat on the couch next to him. The mother-in-law brought them coffee and defendant asked her to leave while he talked with his wife. She went to the kitchen and then heard her daughter scream, "Mama, come quick, Pete is killing me." She rushed into the room and saw defendant stabbing his wife with a knife. The mother struggled with him and he stabbed her until the knife broke. He then left without saying anything. The daughter had been stabbed nine times in and about the chest and twice in the hand. The mother was stabbed five times in the back. They were both taken to the hospital where the daughter died about two hours later.Endnotes
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