Robert Garrow

Robert Francis Garrow Sr. (March 4, 1936 – September 11, 1978) was an American serial rapist, spree killer, and suspected serial killer who was active in New York State in the early 1970s. After committing several rapes, Garrow went on an 18-day killing spree, stabbing four people to death before being apprehended. His criminal trial, known as the Buried Bodies Case, became an important case in legal ethics after his attorneys, Francis Belge and Frank Armani, refused to disclose the location of the bodies of two of his victims, citing attorney–client privilege. Garrow was later shot dead while escaping from prison in 1978. Garrow is suspected of committing other murders. He has been described as the "best suspect" in the May 1973 murder of McMaster University student Adele Komorowski in Hamilton, Canada.