Gender | Male |
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Weekday | Tuesday |
Date | June 18, 1946 |
Time | 7:30 a.m. |
Daylight Saving | Yes |
City | Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States |
Geo-location | 42ºN42'25.34", |
Timezone | America/New_York |
City | Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States |
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Timezone | America/New_York |
Time (America/New_York) | Jun. 18, 1946, 07:30:00 AM |
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Time (UTC) | Jun. 18, 1946, 11:30:00 AM |
Time (LMT) | Jun. 18, 1946, 06:45:21 AM |
Time (Julian) | 2431989.97916667 |
LMT Correction | -4.7442 Hrs |
Ayanmsha | True Chitra - 23º5'48.21" |
American kidnapper and killer of 15-year old Mary Lou Arruda who disappeared 9/09/1978, 4:00 PM. The girls body was found 11/11/1978 tied to a tree. Kater was convicted of her murder on 6/22/1979 but the trial was overturned due to improperly obtained evidence from a witness, obtained under hypnosis. At a second trial he was again found guilty on 2/20/1986 and given life in prison. The jury was deadlocked and a mistrial declared on 12/24/1992. Kater was still in jail in 1993 awaiting his third trial. In 1975 at the age of 19, Kater had been convicted of kidnapping and assaulting a New Hampshire woman. Three years later he pleaded guilty of abducting a 13-year old girl and tying her to a tree in Boxford, MA. The girl managed to free her hands and escape. Kater spent seven years in a treatment center for the sexually dangerous in Bridgewater.
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
Convicted/Sentenced |
Jan. 1, 1975 |
Crime : Trial dates 1975 (Convicted of kidnapping and assault) |
2 |
Homicide Perpetrator |
Sept. 1, 1978 |
Crime : Homicide Perpetration 9 September 1978 at 04:00 AM (Kidnapped and killed Mary Lou Arruda) . |
3 |
Convicted/Sentenced |
June 22, 1979 |
Crime : Trial dates 22 June 1979 (Convicted of murder, trial overturned) . |
4 |
Other Legal |
Feb. 20, 1986 |
Crime : Trial dates 20 February 1986 (Second trial, life in prison) . |
5 |
Trial End |
Dec. 24, 1992 |
Crime : Trial dates 24 December 1992 (Deadlocked, mistrial) . |
Secret Revealed
Nov. 11, 1978
Social : Secrets revealed 11 November 1978 (Body of Mary Lou Arruda found) .
Institutionalized
Jan. 1, 1993
Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 1993 (In jail awaiting trial)