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Clarence CARTER

Classification: Mass murderer

Characteristics: Revenge - Arson

Number of victims: 5

Date of murders:

December 15,

1985

Date of birth: 1967

Victims profile: His former girlfriend and four members of her family

Method of murder:

Fire

Location: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Status: Sentenced to life in prison on May 5, 1987

Guilty Plea in 5 Fire Deaths

The New York Times

May 5, 1987

A Springfield youth pleaded guilty today to murder and arson in connection with a December 1985 fire that killed his former girlfriend and four members of her family.

Clarence Carter, 18 years old, was sentenced by Judge Harry Elam in Hampden Superior Court to a mandatory term of life in prison for murder and to 14 to 15 years each for separate counts of arson and burglary, with the sentences to run concurrently.