Kenneth McDuff
Kenneth McDuff | |
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1978 mugshot | |
| Born | March 21, 1946 Rosebud, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | November 17, 1998 (aged 52) Huntsville Unit, Texas, U.S. |
| Other names | The Broomstick Murderer The Broomstick Killer |
| Criminal status | Executed by lethal injection |
| Convictions | Burglary (1965) Attempted burglary (1965) Murder with malice (1968) Capital murder (1993) |
| Criminal penalty | 4 years (1965) Death, commuted to life with parole (1968) Death (1993) |
| Details | |
| Victims | 9–14+ |
Span of crimes | August 6, 1966 – March 1, 1992 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
Date apprehended | For the final time: May 4, 1992 |
Kenneth Allen McDuff (March 21, 1946 – November 17, 1998) was an American serial killer from Texas. In 1966, McDuff and an accomplice kidnapped and murdered three teenagers who were visiting from California. He was given three death sentences for these crimes but avoided execution after the 1972 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Furman v. Georgia. He was resentenced to life and was paroled in 1989. Between October 1989 and March 1992, McDuff raped and murdered at least six women, receiving another death sentence and was later executed in 1998.