Winston Moseley: What Was His Motive?

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Who was Winston Moseley, or better yet what was his motive. He was convicted of the murder of Kitty Genoese on March 13, 1964 when he was 28 years old. Winston Moseley was sentenced to die in the electric chair but 2 years later they changed his sentence to life in prison.
Mr. Moseley wasn’t only just a criminal he had gotten married twice and had three kids. He worked as a business machine operator and had no prior record. At this point you must be wondering why did he kill her, and his answer was “I just wanted to kill someone”. Nobody ever questioned his confession they just needed someone to be responsible for the crime, at first they questioned why would he confess the next day until he said he also killed Barbara Kralik.

When Winston

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