Cause of death Electrocution Span of killings 1924–1928 Date apprehended 1928 Victims 3 confirmed Role Serial Killer | Name Peter Kudzinowski Criminal penalty Death Country United States | |
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Born 1903 Poland Died December 21, 1929, Trenton, New Jersey, United States | ||
Conviction(s) First-degree murder Similar Tillie Klimek, Harry Powers, Earle Nelson | ||
Peter Kudzinowski (1903 – December 21, 1929) was a Polish-born American serial killer who committed his crimes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Biography
Kudzinowski worked as a railroad section hand and as a miner. He had a brother Julian who lived in Greenwood, near Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Kudzinowski killed one adult and two children:
Kudzinowski was a suspect in the disappearance of Billy Gaffney, who vanished in 1927; Albert Fish would later claim to have murdered Gaffney. Both serial killers worked in the same time frame and in the same geographic area and killed children. He was also a suspect in the murder of Irving Pickelny, who disappeared from Brooklyn in February 1927.
Kudzinowski was captured in Detroit, Michigan, confessed, and was brought to Jersey City for trial. He was found guilty of first-degree murder on November 17, 1928. He was sentenced to death at the New Jersey State Prison on February 24, 1929. He was executed by electric chair on December 21, 1929.