Crime & Safety
Portland Serial Killer Sebastian Shaw Dies In Prison
Nearly 22 years after he entered prison, Sebastian Shaw died there Sunday. He was serving multiple life sentences for three murders.
PORTLAND, OR — Sebastian Shaw, a serial killer convicted of three murders — who also admitted he killed up to a dozen others — died in prison Sunday at 53.
Shaw went into prison in February 2000 after he was convicted of three murders.
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Shaw was convicted of killing Jay Rickbell in July 1991 and Todd Rudiger and Donna Ferguson the following year. He was convicted of raping a woman in 1995.
While in prison, Shaw said he killed between 10 and 12 other people. He offered to give prosecutors details on the other murders in return for a promise that he wouldn't face the death penalty. Prosecutors declined to make a deal.
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Shaw faced the death penalty at his trial in 2006, but the jury couldn't come to a unanimous decision, which, unlike what was needed for criminal convictions, was required at the time.
The department of corrections has not released information how Shaw died.
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