He claimed most of his victims after being paroled early following a conviction for murdering a child, which led to criticism of the justice system.
Early life
He was born in Maine, but the family moved to Watertown in New York State when he was young. Shawcross dropped out of school in the ninth grade, and when he was 19 he enlisted in the army. He fought in the Vietnam War where he was to later confess he had murdered and cannibalized two young Vietnamese girls, although there is nothing to back up this claim.
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Crime Library: Arthur Shawcross - Patrick Bellamy's feature story on the man who killed eleven prostitutes in New York.
Meta Description: [ The story of Arthur Shawcross, known as the Genessee River serial killer, is a shocking case of criminal behavior and government incompetence leaves a number of women dead. A probing analysis by Dr. Katherine Ramsland. ]