Weve updated the security on the site. Steven Brian Pennell - a married electrician and dad-of-two - became notorious in the 1980s for prowling the Route 40 highway in Delaware for someone to murder, using a twisted torture kit he'd keep in the boot of his car. Renee C. Lano posing as a prostitute on route 40, was able to gather based on information from your browser. On Halloween 1991, the court sentenced Pennell to death. The driver talked with her for a bit and when she looked in, she saw the van was covered in blue carpeting. WebFortunately, the Pennells had no children. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Weeks passed without any viable leads from Taschner's operation. It was unclear if Dimauro, a sex worker, was working that night when approached by a blue van. Marlene Simm, the mother of criminology, having completed several semesters at the University of Delaware public prosecutor Charles Orley approved a police search warrant of the panel van, while at the same time searching for other offences they could arrest Pennell. police department. if not all of Delaware was happy to get rid of Mr. Pennell when he In the late 1980s in Delaware, a string of bodies started piling up offRoute 40. But why are sex workers such a large target for serial predators? This account has been disabled. About two months later, Cohen was arrested in a suburb of New Orleans and charged with mugging an elderly woman and cheating a cab driver out of a fare. As a freelance writer, he spends his time writing about true crime. Under the Delaware State Constitution, every death penalty judgment requires further hearing from the Supreme Court, and on February 11, 1992, Pennell appeared before them, demanding that he be sentenced to death. On August 22, 1988, 27-year-old prostitute Margaret Lynn Finner disappeared. reign as the state of Delaware's first convicted serial killer. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Yet it's never quite been able to shake off its macabre past. But his conviction doesn't end here. 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The violent murder of Shirley Ellis on November 29, 1987, marked the Steven Brian Pennells income source is mostly from being a successful Killer. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Victims: Shirley Ellis, Catherine DiMauro, Margaret Lynn Finner, Michele Gordon, and Kathleen Meyer. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Steven Pennells blue van, in which he tortured and killed his victims. And although Steven Brian Pennell was stunningly brazen when hunting his victims, his beloved blue work van-turned-mobile torture chamber that would ultimately lead to his downfall. He received two life sentences for the crime. A jury found Rivers guiltyof two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, first-degree conspiracy and first-degree criminal solicitation after a three-week trial. WebOn Halloween of 1991, Steven Brian Pennell was sentenced to die by lethal injection aftering have been convicted of two of the five murders he was suspected of having committed. Pennell was arrested on November 29, 1988, a year after he murdered the first victim, and was charged with killing three - Ellis, DiMauro and Gordon. A search warrant was issued, resulting in Pennell's van, storage shed, and home being searched. By June 1988, Steven Brian Pennell was suffering from insomnia and arguing regularly with his wife, so took long drives in his beloved blue Ford van. Pennell was finally caught when an undercover state police officer named The 23-year-old cop "worked" as a sex worker along Route 40 in hopes that she could make contact with the person responsible for the recent murders in the area (per Delaware Today). Mr. Pennell leaves five prisoners awaiting Pennell became a qualified electrician in 1987. He had no final words and left no answers for the chaos he induced. While they waited for weeks for the testing to be completed, investigators did spot surveillance of Steve Pennell, and found nothing interesting. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Pennell argued for the death penalty in front of this five-person court, which granted his wishes. Patricia was born in Perkins Camp, WV on March 16, 1951 to the late Ernest and Mildred Rippeth.