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His death was ruled as justifiable homicide and he was buried that afternoon. Depending on the source, he was credited with allegedly nine to 21 murders by age 21 but was tried and found guilty of first-degree murder of only one: Lincoln Sheriff Bill Brady.
Jul 10, 2021 · Discover Grave of Billy the Kid in Fort Sumner, New Mexico: The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Not everyone believes that Billy the Kid was shot dead and buried in Fort Sumner, New Mexico -- but enough people do to make his grave one of the most visited of all Wild West burial plots. An outlaw's fate: bumped to second billing on his own historical sign.
In 2004, researchers sought to exhume the remains of Catherine Antrim, Bonney's mother, whose DNA would be tested and compared with that of the body buried in William Bonney's grave. As of 2012, her body had not been exhumed.
May 14, 2020 · Western outlaw Billy the Kid met his demise at about 12:30 a.m. on July 14, 1881, when he went to his friend Pete Maxwell’s home in Fort Sumner, New Mexico in search of a slice of beef...
Jul 15, 2016 · On July 14, 1881, 21-year-old William Bonney, better known as the outlaw Billy the Kid, was famously shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. He was quickly buried...
Jul 10, 2024 · Billy the Kid’s grave is in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. As a child, Billy the Kid went under the name of Henry McCarty. Scholarly opinion is divided over whether that or William H. Bonney, Jr. (the name he used later, as in the trial), was his true name.
The most talked-about exhibit in the Billy the Kid Museum is its full-size, accurate replica of Billy the Kid's grave. Tim said that his grandfather built it around 1960, back when Billy's original tombstone had been stolen and was missing.
Legendary outlaw Billy the Kid was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett and buried in Fort Sumner. Billy the Kid, also known as Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney was a 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War.
The Kid is buried near two of his fallen brethren. August 1881 By railroad and telegraph lines, news of the Kid's death travels worldwide as The Times of London runs a reprint of his...
