Timothy Krajcir

Early life Krajcir was born Timothy Wayne McBride in West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania to Charles McBride and Fern Yost on November 28, 1944. In 1945, when Timothy was around a year old, his father abandoned the family, leaving Yost to raise him on her own.

U.S. Navy He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 17, in 1962, and participated in basic training in Great Lakes, Illinois. He was dishonorably discharged for sexual assault in 1963 after fourteen months of service.

Some victims were found tied up in their beds. Others were kidnapped and transported across state lines before they were killed. Most of them were raped and forced to perform sexual acts. Some were killed by a gunshot to the head. Others were stabbed or asphyxiated. There was little evidence pointing to any of the rapes or murders being linked or to them having been committed by the same person. Brenda Parsh, 27 - August 12, 1977, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Mary Parsh, 58 - August 12, 1977, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Sheila Cole, 21 - November 17, 1977, McClure, Illinois Virginia Lee Witte, 51 - May 12, 1978, Marion, Illinois Joyce Tharp, 29 - March 23, 1979 Paducah, Kentucky Myrtle Rupp, 51 - April 17, 1979, Muhlenberg Township, Pennsylvania Ida White, 72 (survived) - September 7, 1981, Mount Vernon, Illinois Margie Call, 57 - January 27, 1982, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Deborah Sheppard, 23 - April 8, 1982, Carbondale, Illinois Mildred Wallace, 65 - June 21, 1982, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

On January 18, 2008, Krajcir pleaded guilty and was sentenced to another 40 years in prison for the 1978 killing of Marion, Illinois resident Virginia Lee Witte. On April 4, 2008, he pleaded guilty to the murder of five women in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to seven sexual assaults, and one robbery. He was then sentenced to an additional 13 consecutive life terms. Relatives of the victims agreed to the plea bargain, which saved Krajcir from a possible death sentence.

At his sentencing in April 2008, Krajcir stated, "I don't know if I could have been so generous if I were in the same situation. Thank you for sparing my life."

Krajcir is currently held at the Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, Illinois.