Zeitvogel spent 22 of his 40 years in various Missouri prisons for offenses ranging from armed robbery to rape. These crimes earned him his initial prison sentence at the tender age of 18, which was then extended to life when he murdered an inmate. His death sentence, however, came as a result of killing a second prison inmate while still serving time for the first murder. Zeitvogel confessed to this second murder, hoping to be placed on death row with his friend and suspected lover Frank J. Guinan. Guinan had acted as Zeitvogel’s accomplice in the first of his two murders. Zeitvogel got his wish, was indeed placed on death row, and was executed by lethal injection on December 11, 1996. His last words were surprising, given his somber and dark life up to that point. They were: “Keep the faith and rock on.”
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:32:46 +0000