John J. Joubert (July 2, 1963 – July 17, 1996) was an American serial killer executed in Nebraska. He had been convicted of the murders of three boys in Maine and Nebraska.
Joubert's parents divorced when he was six years old, and he went to live with his mother in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was not allowed to visit his father and grew to hate his controlling mother. In 1974, she moved the family to Portland, Maine.
When he was 13, he stabbed a ...
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John J. Joubert (July 2, 1963 – July 17, 1996) was an American serial killer executed in Nebraska. He had been convicted of the murders of three boys in Maine and Nebraska.
Joubert's parents divorced when he was six years old, and he went to live with his mother in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was not allowed to visit his father and grew to hate his controlling mother. In 1974, she moved the family to Portland, Maine.
When he was 13, he stabbed a young girl with a pencil and felt sexually stimulated when she cried in pain. The next day, he took a razor blade and slashed another girl as he biked past her. He was never caught for either attack. In another incident, he beat and nearly strangled another boy. He relished the power of bullying, and began to stab or slash others.
In the city of Portland, Maine on August 22, 1982, 11-year-old Richard "Ricky" Stetson had gone jogging. When he had not returned by dark, his parents called the police. The next day, a motorist saw the boy's body on...
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