Michael Ross

Age: 45

Summary: serial killer and rapist who had raped and murdered eight girls and women (ages 14 to 25) in New York and Connecticut between 1981 and 1984 which he was convicted four of the murders and spent 17 years on death row, where he fought off attempts by public defenders, death penalty foes, and his own family to spare his life in New England's first execution in 45 years.

Cause of Death: Executed by lethal injection

Born: July 26, 1959

Died: May 13, 2005

Location: Somers, Connecticut