Death:Death by Suicide 20 January 2006 (Hanged himself, age 51) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American serial killer of male teenagers aged 13 to 19. His murders occurred in West Germany (now Germany) and the U.S. In 1994 he was sentenced to 35 years in prison, he was released under probation in June 1999. Once released and off of probation he continued murdering, leading to his final arrest and sentencing to three life terms without the possibility of parole. On 20 January 2006, about a month after his last sentencing, Maust committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell. Jail workers found a suicide note in his cell in which he confessed to five killings, and apologized to the victims families. Maust was 51 years old. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less