Richard D. Hurles
Richard D. Hurles - On November 12, 1992, two witnesses observed Hurles in the Buckeye Public Library looking at children's books. At about 3 p.m., two men tried to enter the library, but found the front door locked. As these men were trying to get in, another witness saw Hurles leaving from the rear door of the library. One of the men looked in a window, and saw a woman, who was the librarian, lying in a pool of blood. When the police arrived, they found that the victim's blouse was bloody, her skirt was pulled up around her waist, and she was naked from the waist down. The victim had been stabbed 37 times, and later died from these stab wounds. That same afternoon, Hurles went to his nephew's house and asked his nephew to give him a ride to the Phoenix Greyhound bus station. On the way to Phoenix, Hurles threw a bloody T-shirt and blue jeans into the desert. Hurles was later arrested when the bus stopped in Wickenberg. At trial, the jurors found Hurles guilty of first-degree murder, attempted sexual assault, and first-degree burglary.
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