Waldo Grant | |
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![]() Grant in 1977 | |
Born | |
Died | June 6, 2023 | (aged 76)
Conviction(s) | Murder (4 counts) |
Criminal penalty | 4x Life imprisonment |
Details | |
Victims | 4+ |
Span of crimes | 1973–1976 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | New York |
Date apprehended | January 10, 1977 |
Waldo Grant (November 3, 1946 – June 6, 2023) was an American serial killer who murdered four young men in New York City between September 1973 and December 1976. [1] In January 1977, he confessed to the killings after being questioned by city police. He was sentenced to life in prison the following year and died in 2023. [2]
Waldo Grant was born in Bulloch County, Georgia, on November 3, 1946, as one of Jerome Grant and Mattie Rucker Grant's fifteen children. He was raised in Statesboro, and when he turned 16, he became a self-ordained minister for a black gospel church. [3] In 1971, he moved north to escape a failed marriage, eventually settling into an apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Although his neighbors described him as a quiet loner, [4] he was somewhat-well known throughout Upper West Side's gay community. [3]
Since he was the last person to be seen with Harry Garillo, Grant soon became a suspect in his murder. Police questioned him multiple times over the span of two weeks. On January 10, 1977, police brought Grant back for questioning, presenting him with circumstantial evidence which connected him to Garillo's murder. After being questioned for five hours, Grant confessed to Garillo's murder, stating "Harry is very attractive to me and I desire him very much and that was the only way I could get him." A short time later, he confessed to the three other murders, proclaiming that he had an "uncontrollable urge to kill." On June 30, 1978, he was found guilty of the four murders and sentenced to four concurrent life sentences. [2] [5]
According to information supplied via the NYSDOCCS, Grant died at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York on June 6, 2023. He was 76. [7]
Waldo Grant | |
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![]() Grant in 1977 | |
Born | |
Died | June 6, 2023 | (aged 76)
Conviction(s) | Murder (4 counts) |
Criminal penalty | 4x Life imprisonment |
Details | |
Victims | 4+ |
Span of crimes | 1973–1976 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | New York |
Date apprehended | January 10, 1977 |
Waldo Grant (November 3, 1946 – June 6, 2023) was an American serial killer who murdered four young men in New York City between September 1973 and December 1976. [1] In January 1977, he confessed to the killings after being questioned by city police. He was sentenced to life in prison the following year and died in 2023. [2]
Waldo Grant was born in Bulloch County, Georgia, on November 3, 1946, as one of Jerome Grant and Mattie Rucker Grant's fifteen children. He was raised in Statesboro, and when he turned 16, he became a self-ordained minister for a black gospel church. [3] In 1971, he moved north to escape a failed marriage, eventually settling into an apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Although his neighbors described him as a quiet loner, [4] he was somewhat-well known throughout Upper West Side's gay community. [3]
Since he was the last person to be seen with Harry Garillo, Grant soon became a suspect in his murder. Police questioned him multiple times over the span of two weeks. On January 10, 1977, police brought Grant back for questioning, presenting him with circumstantial evidence which connected him to Garillo's murder. After being questioned for five hours, Grant confessed to Garillo's murder, stating "Harry is very attractive to me and I desire him very much and that was the only way I could get him." A short time later, he confessed to the three other murders, proclaiming that he had an "uncontrollable urge to kill." On June 30, 1978, he was found guilty of the four murders and sentenced to four concurrent life sentences. [2] [5]
According to information supplied via the NYSDOCCS, Grant died at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York on June 6, 2023. He was 76. [7]