Today in True Crime History: December 18

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1990 — The “Shotgun Killer” spree ends in Indiana. Obadyah Ben-Yisrayl is convicted of four murders.

1992 — Suzanne Capper, 16, dies in a hospital after being set on fire four days earlier. Before she was set on fire, she said she’d been kidnapped and held prisoner. Several adults were charged with the crime: Jean Powell, Glyn Powell, Bernadette McNeilly, Jeffrey Leigh, and Clifford Pook. A juvenile was also charged.