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Herbert Copeland
1875–1925
United States
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Herbert L. Copeland (1875 – January 22, 1925) was an American murderer and self-confessed serial killer who was tried, sentenced to death and executed for killing two deputies and a police officer in the District of Columbia in 1918. Moments before being executed, Copeland confessed that he had killed 12 people in various states throughout his lifetime, but none of these could be definitively proven.
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