FLOYD Cecil Henry

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Cecil Henry Floyd
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Deceased
Personal Information
Born	1945 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died	June 17, 2011 (aged 66) Michigan City, Indiana, United States
Cause of Death	Natural causes
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Carpenter
Parents	Cecil Moses Floyd Sarah Pearl Farlow
Spouse	Lorna Jean Floyd (née Kern)
Children	Jeanmarie Floyd
Criminal Information
Offender Type	Serial Killer
Method of Killing	Shooting Bludgeoning Stabbing
Modus Operandi	Shot robbery victims
Accomplice	Lorna Jean Floyd (Schmidt case) Thomas Mattingly (Rycyk case)
Convictions	Murder
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment without parole (IN, NE)
Victims	6 - 11
Span of crimes	1973 - 1974
Country	United States
States	Indiana Florida Nebraska Kansas
Cities	Lebanon (IN) Union Park (FL) Orlando (FL) Aurora (NE) Upland (KS)
Date apprehended	July 24, 1974
Imprisonment	Indiana State Prison — Michigan City, Indiana

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
Henry Michael Maser	15	July 23, 1973	July 29, 1973	Shooting
Barney M. Rycyk	66	November 14, 1973	November 14, 1973	Bludgeoning
Karen Chitwood	17	February 20, 1974	February 20, 1974	Stabbing
Leslie Johnston	22	May 11, 1974	May 11, 1974	Shooting
Lester Schmidt	24	July 13, 1974	July 13, 1974	Shooting
"Dickinson County John Doe"	25 - 31	mid-to-late July 1974	July 24, 1974	Shooting

Suspected victims

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Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death

Links

• Cecil Henry Floyd at Wikipedia