Ripper Crew
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The Ripper Crew or the Chicago Rippers was an organized crime group of serial killers, cannibals, rapists, and necrophiles. The group composed of Robin Gecht[1] and three associates: Edward Spreitzer, and brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis.[2] They were suspected in the murders of 17 women in Illinois in 1981 and 1982, as well as the unrelated fatal shooting of a man in a random drive-by shooting.[3] According to one of the detectives who investigated the case, Gecht "made Manson look like a Boy Scout."[4]
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Born | Robin Gecht (1953-11-30) November 30, 1953 (age 70) Menard, Illinois, U.S. Andrew Kokoraleis (1963-07-18)July 18, 1963 Villa Park, Illinois, U.S. Thomas Kokoraleis (1961-07-10) July 10, 1961 (age 62) Villa Park, Illinois, U.S. Edward Spreitzer (1961-01-05) January 5, 1961 (age 63) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | Andrew Kokoraleis March 17, 1999(1999-03-17) (aged 35) Tamms Correctional Center, Tamms, Illinois, U.S. |
Cause of death | Andrew Kokoraleis Execution by lethal injection |
Other names | The Chicago Rippers The Ripper Crew |
Criminal status | Robin Gecht and Edward Spreitzer Incarcerated Andrew Kokoraleis Executed Thomas Kokoraleis Released |
Conviction(s) | Everyone except Gecht was convicted of at least one count of murder |
Criminal penalty | Robin Gecht 120 years imprisonment Andrew Kokoraleis Death Thomas Kokoraleis Life imprisonment; commuted to 70 years Edward Spreitzer Death; commuted to life imprisonment |
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Victims | 18 |
Span of crimes | May 23, 1981 ā October 8, 1982 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | Illinois |
Date apprehended | November 5, 1982 |
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