# Robert Elmer Kleason

Overturned · 1975

Robert Elmer Kleasen (September 20, 1934 – April 21, 2003) was an American who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1975 for the murder of two missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, near Austin, Texas. The murders have popularly, albeit inaccurately, been cited as an inspiration for the horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Kleasen's conviction was later overturned and Kleasen…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=6434079
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/robert-elmer-kleason-w6434079

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