Richard Biegenwald, ‘Thrill Killer’ of Five People, Dies at 67

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Source: NYT

TRENTON (AP) — Richard Biegenwald, who was known as the Thrill Killer and was convicted of killing five people, including three young women, died on Monday, a state corrections official said.

A Corrections Department spokeswoman said that Mr. Biegenwald, 67, died at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, which treats inmates of New Jersey State Prison, where he was serving his sentence.

The spokeswoman said that Mr. Biegenwald had been hospitalized for some time. The cause of death was not determined on Monday, she said.

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He was convicted of killing three teenage girls and a drug dealer, William Ward, in 1981 and 1982.
The bodies of two of his victims, Maria Caillella and Deborah Osborne, were found dismembered and buried together in a shallow grave in the yard of Mr. Biegenwald’s mother’s home on Staten Island.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/nyregion/11biegenwald.html?ref=nyregion

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He died alone and hated.

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1. The world is slightly better without him

From what I read some years ago he had cancer and was given treatments many people wouldn't be able to afford. i hope they were chincy with the pain medications towards the end.