John Edward Robinson (serial killer)
Overview
John Edward Robinson is a convicted serial killer
, con man
, embezzler, kidnapper
, and forger who was found guilty in 2003 of three murders and received the death sentence
for two of them. He subsequently admitted responsibility for five additional homicides, and investigators fear that there might be other, undiscovered victims as well.
Because he made contact with most of his post-1993 victims via on-line chat rooms, he is sometimes referred to as "the Internet's first serial killer".
Robinson was born in Cicero, Illinois
, the third of five children of an alcoholic father and a disciplinarian mother.
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
, con man
Con Man
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, embezzler, kidnapper
Kidnapper
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, and forger who was found guilty in 2003 of three murders and received the death sentence
Death Sentence
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for two of them. He subsequently admitted responsibility for five additional homicides, and investigators fear that there might be other, undiscovered victims as well.
Because he made contact with most of his post-1993 victims via on-line chat rooms, he is sometimes referred to as "the Internet's first serial killer".
Robinson was born in Cicero, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero is an incorporated town in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 83,891 at the 2010 census. Cicero is named for the town of Cicero, New York, which in turn was named for Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman statesman and orator....
, the third of five children of an alcoholic father and a disciplinarian mother.
