William Vandiver

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William Earl Vandiver (August 26, 1948 – October 16, 1985) was an American convicted murderer who was found guilty of murdering his father-in-law in Hammond, Indiana. On March 20, 1983, as part of a conspiracy involving Vandiver, his wife, her brother, and their mother, Vandiver and his wife's brother fatally stabbed and mutilated 65-year-old Paul Komyatti Sr., Vandiver's father-in-law, before they butchered the body into pieces, which were all packed in six garbage bags and disposed of. Vandiver and the three co-conspirators were all charged with the murder, but only Vandiver was sentenced to death, while the rest were given prison sentences for lesser charges. Vandiver was ultimately executed in the electric chair on October 16, 1985, after waiving all his rights to appeal and volunteering to be executed.

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