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Henry Colin Campbell

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A pair of shoes at the Mowry crime scene were traced to Campbell who subsequently confessed to killing her. He denied killing Brown and never stood trial for her murder. Police suspected he murdered some of his previous "wives".
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whose previous crimes were non-violent, Campbell married Mowry in 1929 despite having another wife. Six months after marrying Mowry, Campbell murdered her to collect on a $ 1,000 investment she owned and burned her corpse.
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During his adult life, Campbell worked as a civil engineer and advertising executive and posed as a physician. Using a matchmaking service in
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He was also suspected in another, similar murder of Margaret Brown in 1928. Both Mowry and Brown had been shot in the head, had their
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of Mildred Mowry, whom he met through a personal ad placed with a "matrimonial agency." A career criminal and
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This United States biographical article related to crime is a
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American murderer executed in New Jersey (1868–1930)
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