Steven Brian Pennell is popularly known as the Route 40 killer or the Corridor Killer. Pennell is believed to be the first documented serial killer in the history of the state of Delaware and also the first person to be executed in the state of Delaware since the year 1946. Pennell is a Caucasian male born on November 22, 1957, a native of the Delaware. Pennell is married to Mrs. Kathy Pennell with three children, two of his own, and a step daughter. Pennell worked as an electrician but according to some sources he studied criminology at the University of Delaware.
Mr. Pennell murdered a total number of five Caucasian females who were between the ages of 25 to 35 years of age. Shirley A. Ellis’s body was discovered on November 29, 1987, Catherine …show more content…
The Delaware State Police and the New Castle County Police organized a sting operation along route 40. Officer Renee Lano of the New Castle County Police Department was used as bait as an undercover prostitute; while working undercover Lano noticed the blue van drive pass her quite a number of times and called in the license plate which came back registered to Mr. Pennell. After Officer Lano walked towards the darkest part of the street, the blue van stopped and the driver signaled her to enter, which she didn’t, but rather had a conversation with the driver. During the conversation the officer noticed the interior blue carpeting which raised her suspicion. While the conversation was going Lano removed some fibers from the door without Pennell’s …show more content…
Pennell was identified due to significant evidence linking to him. First, the color of his van was identical to what witnesses described. Second, the route on which he picks up his victims because most of his victims were last seen on that route. The fibers found in his van matched the fibers found on his victims and the weapons found on him during the search of his van. Lastly, he was identified by the undercover New Castle County Police Officer who had an encounter with him. When the bodies were discovered at various locations the victim’s breasts were bruised up and the nipples cut off. There were marks on the neck with shows there was a possibility of strangulation and injuries on the wrist which created a notion that the women were
Mr. Pennell murdered a total number of five Caucasian females who were between the ages of 25 to 35 years of age. Shirley A. Ellis’s body was discovered on November 29, 1987, Catherine …show more content…
The Delaware State Police and the New Castle County Police organized a sting operation along route 40. Officer Renee Lano of the New Castle County Police Department was used as bait as an undercover prostitute; while working undercover Lano noticed the blue van drive pass her quite a number of times and called in the license plate which came back registered to Mr. Pennell. After Officer Lano walked towards the darkest part of the street, the blue van stopped and the driver signaled her to enter, which she didn’t, but rather had a conversation with the driver. During the conversation the officer noticed the interior blue carpeting which raised her suspicion. While the conversation was going Lano removed some fibers from the door without Pennell’s …show more content…
Pennell was identified due to significant evidence linking to him. First, the color of his van was identical to what witnesses described. Second, the route on which he picks up his victims because most of his victims were last seen on that route. The fibers found in his van matched the fibers found on his victims and the weapons found on him during the search of his van. Lastly, he was identified by the undercover New Castle County Police Officer who had an encounter with him. When the bodies were discovered at various locations the victim’s breasts were bruised up and the nipples cut off. There were marks on the neck with shows there was a possibility of strangulation and injuries on the wrist which created a notion that the women were