George Sitts
George Sitts | |
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Detective Inspector Eugene Bernath (right) looks at the gun used by Sitts to murder Erik Johansson (December 13, 1945) | |
| Born | October 29, 1913 Le Roy, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 1947 (aged 33) South Dakota State Penitentiary, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Criminal status | Executed by electrocution |
| Convictions | Iowa Carrying a concealed weapon Receiving stolen property Minnesota Second degree murder Burglary South Dakota First degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Iowa 90 days imprisonment Minnesota Life imprisonment South Dakota Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 3 |
Span of crimes | December 12, 1945 – January 24, 1946 |
| Country | United States |
| States | Minnesota and South Dakota |
Date apprehended | February 5, 1946 |
George Sidney Sitts (October 29, 1913 – April 8, 1947) was an American serial killer executed by South Dakota for killing state Division of Criminal Investigation special agent Tom Matthews, who was attempting to arrest Sitts on a fugitive warrant from Minnesota. He was the only person to die in South Dakota's electric chair, and it would be over 60 years until the next time South Dakota would carry out an execution — Elijah Page via lethal injection on July 11, 2007.