Cause of death Lethal injection Date apprehended 1984 Name Robert Buell | Victims 3+ Other names Bob Buell | |
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Born September 10, 1940 ( 1940-09-10 ) Criminal penalty 121 years in prison plus Death Died September 24, 2002, Lucasville, Valley Township, Ohio, United States Similar Alec Devon Kreider, Terry Blair (serial killer), Alton Coleman | ||
Robert Anthony Buell (September 10, 1940 – September 24, 2002) was a former Akron, Ohio Planning Department worker, convicted of the murder of 11-year-old Krista Lea Harrison on July 17, 1982.
Buell died by lethal injection on September 24, 2002. His final meal was a single black unpitted olive.
Murder cases
On 17 July 1982, Buell was reportedly seen abducting Krista Harrison in a park in Marshallville, Ohio. Harrison's body was found six days after her kidnapping. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Two other young girls have been thought to have also been victims of Buell: Tina Marie Harmon, age 12, murdered in 1981 and Debora Kaye Smith, age 10, murdered in 1983. Although strong evidence is present linking Buell to all three cases, Buell was only charged with the murder of Krista Harrison. He has since been linked by DNA evidence to Tina Harmon's murder. Buell was also a serial rapist. In 1984, Buell raped a woman who was able to escape and notify police, an event that ultimately led to his arrest.
