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Vera A Swinyer 1924 - 1997

Vera A Swinyer of Joliet, Will County, IL was born on September 20, 1924, and died at age 72 years old on August 19, 1997.
Vera A Swinyer
Joliet, Will County, IL 60435
September 20, 1924
August 19, 1997
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  • 09/20
    1924

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    September 20, 1924
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  • 08/19
    1997

    Death

    August 19, 1997
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    Vera A Swinyer lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1924, in the year that Vera A Swinyer was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1934, when she was just 10 years old, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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