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Frank Henry Burness
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Executed
Personal Information
Born	1860 Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	June 27, 1904 (aged 44) Sing Sing, Ossining, New York, United States
Other Names	Henry Hecker Henry Van Beren
Cause of Death	Executed by electric chair
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Criminal Information
Offender Type	Self-confessed Serial Killers Suspected Serial Killer
Method of Killing	Shooting Beating (suspected)
Convictions	Capital murder
Criminal penalty	Death (New York)
Victims	2 - 9
Countries	United States Cuba (suspected)
States	Massachusetts New York Louisiana (suspected)
City	Havana
Date apprehended	1903
Imprisonment	Sing Sing Correctional Facility — Ossining, New York

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death
Ira Colbeith		1890s	Shooting
George B. Townsend	50	1903	Shooting

Suspected victims

Name	Age	Body Found	Cause of Death
Unnamed drunken sailor		1885	Beating
Unnamed teamster		1880s-1890s	Shooting
Patrick Miller		1890s	Shooting
Unnamed Chinese convict		1890s	Beating
Unnamed Chinese convict		1890s	Beating
Unnamed man
Unnamed man