Dean Phillip Carter (born August 30, 1955) is a convicted
spree killer
A spree killer is someone who commits a criminal act that involves two or more murders or homicides in a short time, in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations wit ...
currently housed on
San Quentin
San Quentin State Prison (SQ) is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County.
Opened in July 1852, San Quentin is th ...
,
California
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's
Death row
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. He has been convicted of the murder of four women: Susan Knoll, Jillette Mills, Bonnie Guthrie, and Janette Cullins.
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People v. Carter
S023000. Retrieved 24 March 2022. He was also implicated in the death of Tok Chum Kim.
On March 25, 1984 Carter raped a woman who survived his attack.
See also
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List of death row inmates in the United States
, there were 2,414 death row inmates in the United States. The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherw ...
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1955 births
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Living people
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