John List

Criminal
BIRTHDAY
September 17,1925
Birthplace
Michigan
Age
Mar 21,2008,age 82
Birth Sign
Virgo
BIRTHDAY
September 17,1925 (age Mar 21,2008,age 82)
Birthplace
Michigan

About

Murderer often referred to as The Bogeyman of Westfield who killed his mother, wife and three children in November 1971. He escaped capture for 18 years, during which time he assumed a new identity and remarried, before finally being arrested and sentenced to life in prison.

Before Fame

He was a Sunday school teacher who served in the United States Army during World War II. He later earned a Master's degree in Accounting from the University of Michigan.

Trivia

He was arrested less than two weeks after the airing of an America's Most Wanted episode on which he was profiled.

Family Life

He was the only child born to German-Americans John Frederick List and Alma Maria Barbara Florence List. He married his second wife Delores in 1985.

Associated With

He was portrayed in the 1993 film Judgment Day: The John List Story by actor Robert Blake, who, ironically, was later convicted of killing his own wife.