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Robert George Bobby Colvert

Case from Lincoln, NE dated Dec 01, 1957

Victim Details

Robert George Bobby Colvert

Male

White / Caucasian

Lincoln

NE

1957-12-01

21

Robert

George Bobby Colvert

06/27/2026

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In the quiet, early hours of a Lincoln, Nebraska morning on December 1, 1957, the life of 21-year-old Robert George "Bobby" Colvert, a White/Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. A recent Navy veteran, Colvert was working the night shift as an attendant at the Crest Service Station. His path fatefully crossed with that of 19-year-old Charles Starkweather, who harbored a growing resentment after Colvert refused to sell him a stuffed animal on credit for his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann F ...
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  • The Killing Spree that Transfixed a Nation: Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, 1958 | WyoHistory.org
  • Charles Starkweather - Wikipedia
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