Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 June 1959

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

To make sure that Lowry's body remained intact for as long as possible his corpse was coated with tar. The tar may also have stopped birds pecking the flesh. Once coated with tar the body was fitted into a specially made harness of iron hoops and chains that held the head, body and legs in place.
(25 March 1762)

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Monday 8th of June 1959
67 years, 4 months and 8 days ago

Rita Walterspacher is raped and strangled by serial killer Heinrich Pommerenke aka The Beast of the Black Forest at the age of 18 in Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.