The Manuel Massacres
Peter Manuel is arrested in Glasgow Scotland after a series of attacks over two years that left between seven and 15 people dead.Manuel born in America to British parents established himself as a career criminal early in life.He received his first burglary conviction at age 12.
By the time he was 15 he had moved on to assault.Later Manuel received an eight-year sentence for a sexual attack.Prison did not rehabilitate Manuel not long after his release he killed a 19-year-old woman in Scotland by bludgeoning her to death during a burglary.He was arrested and charged for another burglary but while awaiting trialin September1957 Manuel killed a woman her daughter and her sister.
The womans husband was charged with the attack.On New Years Day 1958 he broke into a house andkilled an entirefamily.He was caught when the police traced the serial numbers on banknotes that had been paid to the slain man just before the holiday and found that Manuel had used those bills to pay for drinks at a local pub.Manuel was convicted and executed by hanging on July 11 1958.
