For the past two weeks, the stories that have been shared focused almost exclusively on murder victims. However, Congressional Cemetery is also the resting place to murderers. Please remember: The information that was gathered for each of these stories was pulled from historical newspapers, mainly The Evening Star. With that being said, please note that some of these stories contain information that can be considered graphic.

Manuel Babbitt was a Vietnam War Veteran who was executed in for murdering an elderly Sacramento woman. Babbitt served two combat tours in Vietnam and, while on death row, received the Purple Heart for wounds he received during the Battle of Khe Sanh. After the war, Babbitt was diagnosed with a post-traumatic stress disorder and paranoid schizophrenia. He soon became homeless. In , he broke into the home of year-old Leah Schendel, assaulted her and stole some food as well as some of her belongings. Schendel died of a heart attack.

Four U. And each of these presidential assassinations helped usher in a wave of important reforms and a new political era. The year-old was fresh off of

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