David Edward Maust
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| David Edward Maust | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name: | David Edward Maust |
| Born: | April 5, 1954 Connellsville, Pennsylvania |
| Died: | January 20, 2006 |
| Cause of death: | suicide |
| Penalty: | N/A |
| Killings | |
| Number of victims: | five confirmed |
| Span of killings: | 1974 through 2003 |
| Country: | USA |
| State(s): | Texas, Illinois, Indiana |
David Edward Maust (April 5, 1954 - January 20, 2006) was an American serial killer whose primary targets were young boys.
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[edit] Early life
Maust was deeply troubled as a child and was confined in a mental institution at the age of nine [1]. There, he was sexually abused for many years. [2]
[edit] Murders
He has been suspected or charged for at least nine murders, including: one in Germany while he was in the United States Army; two (including a stabbing) in Texas in the early 1980s; three in Illinois after being released from prison in 1999 following his supervision period in 2003; and three in Hammond, Indiana, where he was caught after the remains of the three victims' bodies were found under concrete in a residential basement. He has been considered mentally unfit to stand trial on multiple occasions.
[edit] Death
Maust died at St. Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point, Indiana, 27 hours after a suicide attempt.
