William Henry Redmond: A Detailed Account of His Crimes
Early Life and Criminal History
William Henry Redmond was born on January 22, 1922, in Conneaut, Ohio. His criminal activities began at a young age, with his first arrest in 1935 for sexually assaulting two young girls in Lancaster, Ohio. He was sentenced to time in both the Ohio State Reformatory and the Ohio State Psychiatric Hospital. In 1938, he was detained again for the attempted rape and assault of a pre-teen girl in Conneaut, Ohio. Redmond's criminal record continued to grow, with charges of sexual assault in Florida in 1949 and a sentence for violating the Dwyer Act, leading to his release from the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, in June 1949.
Crimes and Victims
Redmond's most notorious crime was the murder of 8-year-old Jane Marie Althoff in 1951. He was indicted in 1988 for this crime, which occurred at a carnival where he was working as a Ferris wheel operator. Redmond was also a suspect in several other cases involving young girls:
- Jane Marie Althoff - Age: 8, Date: April 25, 1951, Location: Trainer, Pennsylvania
- Joanne Ena Lynn - Age: 11, Date: September 19, 1949, Location: Hemlock, New York
- Beverly Rose Potts - Age: 10, Date: August 24, 1951, Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Constance Christine Smith - Age: 10, Date: July 16, 1952, Location: Unknown
- Barbara Gaca - Age: 7, Date: March 24, 1955, Location: Unknown
- Marie Elizabeth Ridulph - Age: 7, Date: December 3, 1957, Location: Sycamore, Illinois
- Jillian Dee Cutshall - Age: 9, Date: August 13, 1987, Location: Norfolk, Nebraska
Arrest and Death
Redmond was arrested in January 1988 in Grand Island, Nebraska, where he had resided since 1963. Authorities discovered a stash of filthy women's underwear inside his home, believed to belong to young girls. He was extradited to Pennsylvania to stand trial for the murder of Jane Althoff. However, the trial was delayed when the lead detective in Althoff's case refused to reveal the name of an informant, leading to the detective being banned from testifying. Redmond died at the age of 69 on January 2, 1992, before the trial could conclude.
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