# Where is George Geschwendt ?

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**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-george-geschwendt/855543 "2020-06-12T15:40:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_Taggart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@Jim\_Taggart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Taggart)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-george-geschwendt/855543/1 "2020-06-12T15:40:18Z")

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Was wondering whatever happened to George Geschwendt ?

On March 12, 1976 he methodically slayed 5 members and 1 friend of their family in Trevose, Pa.

I lived not far from there.

Looked at the Pennsylvania inmate locator about a month ago and he was there, he’s not now.

Would have thought it would have made news if he died or was released.

Puzzling.

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**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-george-geschwendt/855543/2 "2020-06-12T19:28:51Z")

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Odds are there’s some kind of glitch, like they transferred prisons and the new one hasn’t updated the record. Databases like that can be unreliable, and I agree it’s unlikely that he was released or died without someone noticing.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-george-geschwendt/855543/3 "2020-06-13T02:30:06Z")

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In 1978 he was sentenced to six life terms. There were a bunch of appeals for a new trial. These were last seen in the press in 1992 when a court ruled against him. After that, I have no idea.

[-=Link=-](http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/geschwendt-george.htm)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-george-geschwendt/855543/4 "2020-06-13T03:17:16Z")

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I suppose you did a Google. I just did. My first hit is a (frustratingly) undated article that says, [George, 64, is alive and serving out his life sentence at State Correctional Institution—Mahony, a medium security prison in Schuylkill County.](http://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/the-wrath-of-george-geschwendt-and-the-abt-family-ambush-1976/)

Using the age given and his birth date (1953) we can guess this article is from 2013.

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**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-george-geschwendt/855543/5 "2020-06-13T17:22:50Z")

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Note that the linked article has a typo - it should be **State Correctional Institution - Mahanoy**.