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In the quiet, affluent Country Club neighborhood of Lincoln, Nebraska, the lives of the Ward family were irrevocably shattered on January 28, 1958. Chester Lauer Ward, a 47-year-old Caucasian male and a prominent local businessman, returned to his stately home that evening, unaware of the horror that had unfolded within its walls. Earlier that day, a 19-year-old former garbage collector named Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, had forced their way into the res ...Read More
Victim Details

Chester Lauer Ward

Male

White / Caucasian

Lincoln

NE

1958-01-28

47

Chester

Lauer Ward

11/04/2025