In 1973, a violent sexual predator went on a killing spree in the Adirondack Mountains. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, I detail Garrow’s abusive childhood, history of violence, and the escalation of his crimes from theft, to kidnapping and assault, and ultimately to rape and murder.

Resources:

Robert Francis Garrow, Jr: American Spree Killer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu5e4RJKp9s&t=1235s

Murderpedia.com: Robert Garrow
https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/garrow-robert-photos.htm

The Garrow Manhunt: A Serial Killer in the Adirondacks
https://www.adirondack.net/history/garrow-manhunt/

Crime Library: Robert Garrow
https://web.archive.org/web/20140403090224/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/robert_garrow/2.html

Sworn to Silence: The Truth Behind Robert Garrow and the Missing Bodies Case, Jim Tracy, Post Hill Press, March 2021

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