Arthur Gary Bishop
Arthur Gary Bishop | |
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Bishop's 1988 mugshot | |
| Born | September 29, 1952 Hinckley, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 1988 (aged 35) Utah State Prison, Utah, U.S. |
| Other names | Lynn Jones, Roger W. Downs |
| Criminal status | Executed by lethal injection |
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| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 5 |
Span of crimes | October 14, 1979 – July 14, 1983 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
Date apprehended | July 24, 1983 |
Arthur Gary Bishop (September 29, 1952 – June 10, 1988) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated five young boys in Salt Lake City, Utah, between 1979 and 1983.
Bishop voluntarily led police to the burial sites of his victims upon being questioned in July 1983 for the disappearances of several children. In his confession, he said that he had killed his victims to cover-up the fact that he had molested them. Described as "scheming, calculating, and cunning" by prosecutors, Bishop was convicted and sentenced to death in 1984. He declined to pursue any appeals and spent four years on death row at Utah State Prison before being executed by lethal injection in 1988.