Michael Durocher
American convicted serial killer (1960–1993)
Michael Alan Durocher (January 22, 1960 – August 25, 1993) was an American convicted serial killer who murdered a total of five people between 1983 and 1988 in Jacksonville, Florida. First in 1983, Durocher committed the murders of his girlfriend Grace Reed, their six-month-old son Joshua Durocher and Grace Reed's five-year-old daughter Candice Reed. The fourth murder took place in 1986, when Durocher robbed and killed Thomas Underwood III at a local window decorations store. Two years later, in 1988, Durocher battered his roommate Eddie Dwayne Childers to death with a hammer.
Durocher was later arrested and charged with the murder of Childers, and sentenced to life imprisonment. After his sentencing and incarceration for murdering Childers, Durocher confessed to the four prior killings and during separate trials, Durocher was found guilty and given four death sentences for the 1983 and 1986 homicides. Durocher, who later waived his right to appeal, was executed by the electric chair on August 25, 1993.
Early life
Born on January 22, 1960, Michael Alan Durocher was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Durocher dropped out of high school, and went to work as a carpenter and landscaper. Durocher was arrested several times for juvenile offences as a teenager, and in 1980, at the age of 20, Durocher was found guilty and sentenced to jail for grand theft.
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