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Merle Delore Collison

Case from Douglas, WY dated Jan 29, 1958

Victim Details

Merle Delore Collison

Male

White / Caucasian

Douglas

WY

1958-01-29

34

Merle

Delore Collison

Yes

07/06/2026

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Merle Delore Collison, 34, a White male, died on January 29, 1958, near Douglas, Wyoming, in the final violent moments of Charles Starkweather’s rampage across Nebraska and Wyoming. Online historical accounts and contemporaneous reporting identify Collison as a traveling shoe salesman from Great Falls, Montana, who had pulled off along the highway west of Douglas. The scene has the stillness of a winter roadside stop abruptly broken by a killer desperate for another car and another chance to k ...
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  • The Killing Spree that Transfixed a Nation: Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, 1958 | WyoHistory.org
  • HellHorror: Caril Ann Fugate And Proven Victims List - Male Famous Serial Killer
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    It's truly unbelievable how quickly things escalated that day near Douglas, Wyoming. I’ve been rea... ...Read More
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    I've been thinking a lot about Joe Sprinkle, the passing motorist who got caught up in this horror. ... ...Read More
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    I've been going down the rabbit hole with Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate... ...Read More
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