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Nov 1, 2021 · On the chilly evening of July 13, 1966, unbeknownst to her, Corazon Amurao would be the lone survivor out of nine nurses who murderer Richard Speck brutally slaughtered during the South Chicago Community Hospital Massacre.
Jul 14, 2011 · He brutally raped and murdered eight women - two Filipino exchange nurses and six American nursing students. One young exhange nurse, 23-year-old Corazon Pieza "Cora" Amurao of San Luis, Batangas in the Philippines, hid under one bed after another and survived the attack.
Apr 25, 2016 · Corazon Amurao, center, the nurse who survived the massacre of eight of her fellow student nurses, walks between another nurse and William Ruddel, Bridewell jail superintendent, from Bridewell's...
May 6, 2019 · During the chaos of the one-by-one executions, one nurse found a hiding spot and waited out the remainder of the attack. The survivor's name was Corazon Amurao. After answering Speck's knock on the door of the shared residence, Amurao was bound with strips of fabric, as were her fellow housemates.
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Feb 24, 2022 · Amurao—now nearly 80 years old and retired—has adhered to her original policy of holding the media at arm’s length; she gives no interviews. Friends and family members say she has occasional nightmares about Speck’s nocturnal rampage in the summer of 1966. Otherwise, she has a normal and happy life.
Jun 14, 2016 · Guarded by detectives, Corazon Amurao arrives at the courthouse in Peoria to testify as the state's chief witness against Richard Speck on April 5, 1967. Amurao was the only nurse to escape the...
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A ninth potential victim, student nurse Corazon Amurao, survived by hiding beneath a bed. Convicted of all eight murders on April 15, 1967, Speck was sentenced to death . His sentence was reduced to 400–1,200 years in 1972.
