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Jake Bird (December 14, 1901 – July 15, 1949) was an American serial killer who was executed in Washington for the 1947 murders of two women in Tacoma. He is also known to have murdered at least eleven other people across several states between 1930 and 1947.
On July 15, 1949 at 12:20 a.m., Jake Bird (1901-1949) is hanged at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla for the ax murders of Bertha Kludt, age 52, and her daughter Beverly June, age 17, in Tacoma on October 30, 1947.
Oct 5, 2006 · On October 30, 1947, Jake Bird (1901-1949), a 45-year-old transient, breaks into the home of Bertha Kludt and her daughter, Beverly June Kludt, and hacks them to death with an ax. Two police officers, sent to the Tacoma residence to investigate reports of screams from inside the residence, see a man run out the back door and give chase. Bird is ...
Mar 31, 2016 · Tacoma serial killer Jake Bird is responsible for the death of more than 40 people nationwide, as well as a “hex” that took the lives of six others. Bird was otherwise unremarkable wherever he went, but that would change when he reached the end of the line in Tacoma.
- Steve Dunkelberger
Aug 20, 2022 · No one knew quite what they had on their hands with Jake Bird — later known as the Tacoma Axe Killer. What he was would become became chillingly clear on Oct. 30, 1947, in Tacoma, Washington.
Jul 15, 2017 · On July 15, 1949 at 12:20 a.m., Jake Bird (1901-1949) is hanged at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla for the ax murders of Bertha Kludt, age 52, and her daughter Beverly June, age 17, in Tacoma on October 30, 1947.
Mar 21, 2024 · The assailant, dubbed “The Chopper” by the press, targeted victims near Carter Lake, hacking them with an axe and leaving a trail of blood in his wake. After a harrowing attack on newlyweds Harold and Mabel Stribling, police arrested 26-year-old drifter Jake Bird as the prime suspect.
