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Back in the summer of 1973, at a time when Watergate and the Vietnam War dominated the national news, a manhunt was underway in the Adirondacks for serial killer Robert Garrow - the largest manhunt in New York State up to that point.
Robert Francis Garrow Sr. (March 4, 1936 – September 11, 1978) was an American serial rapist and later spree killer who was active in New York State in the early 1970s. After committing several rapes, Garrow went on an 18-day killing spree, stabbing four people to death before being apprehended.
Jul 9, 2023 · On Aug. 9, 1973, residents and visitors to the Adirondacks and those who survived his deadly attack at a campsite breathed a collective sigh of relief — the serial killer Robert Garrow Sr. was...
Mar 11, 2019 · In 1968, convicted rapist Robert Garrow, Sr. was paroled in Syracuse, N.Y. after being given early release for being a model inmate. In the summer of 1973, Garrow went on a...
Dec 1, 2018 · Robert Francis Garrow was a serial rapist and murderer whose reign of terror paralyzed the North Country between the years of 1960 and 1978. Born in Mineville, New York in 1936, Robert's childhood was an endless cycle of unimaginable horror.
Jun 4, 2021 · Garrow, who grew up in Mineville, committed four murders in the early 1970s — three in the Adirondacks and one in Syracuse, where he lived as an adult.
Aug 11, 2013 · It was 40 years ago that the shooting and capture of serial killer Robert F. Garrow Sr. ended his rein of terror across the Adirondacks. As Garrow hid in woods near a family member’s house in...
Aug 25, 2023 · 50-years ago this summer, in August of 1973, residents & vacationers in the Adirondacks were living in fear, terrorized by a serial killer named Robert Garrow who had stabbed 4 young people to...
Aug 10, 2018 · Garrow murdered a 16-year old girl, and 3 campers during a killing spree in July of 1973, and then led police on a 12-day manhunt across the Adirondacks before...
MORIAH — Many locals recall the terror that gripped the region after serial killer Robert Francis Garrow evaded capture in the summer of 1973.
