On 7/14/66, between 12:30 am and 3:30 am, he tortured, raped and murdered eight young nursing
students after breaking into their dormitory at 2319 E.100th St. (Jeffrey Manor area), in Chicago, IL. His fingerprints were found at the scene--he had an extensive criminal record and it didn't take long to match the fingerprints to him. A resident of the flophouse in which Speck was staying recognized him from a sketch that had been released to the public by the police--a ninth young student staying at the dormitory survived by crawling under a bed and Speck didn't know she was there; she later gave his description to police--called authorities and Speck was soon arrested. He was tried on capital murder charges, convicted and sentenced to death. The sentence was later overturned and he was sentenced to 1,200 years in prison. He died in prison of a heart attack in 1991.