The details regarding the deaths of two teenage victims-Robert Jensen Jr. When Fugate’s grandmother finally resorted to threats of calling the police the pair left town and quickly added three more victims to their growing body count. Bartlett” as well as spelling the word “flu” correctly. The note itself gave credence to the speculation that Fugate was being held against her will as it was signed “Miss Bartlett.” A tactic allegedly used by Fugate in an attempt to arouse suspicion as to the legitimacy of the note being written by Velda Bartlett (Fugate’s mother) who as she was married would have signed it as “Mrs. After Starkweather murdered Fugate’s stepfather, mother and sister the couple brazenly took up residence in the home posting a note on the door stating that everyone inside had the “flue” and that all visitors should stay away. The brutality of the crimes committed during Fugate and Starkweather’s spree at times rivals the cinematic exploits of their Hollywood counterparts. The character of “The Kid” from Stephen King’s epic 1978 novel The Stand was (according to King) based on Starkweather. Their gruesome story is also paralleled in Quentin Taratino’s script for 1993’s splatter-fest True Romance, and was the basis for the 1973 flick Badlands. The pair served as inspiration for actor Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis’ portrayals of “Mickey and Mallory Knox” in Oliver Stone’s over-the-top 1994 film Natural Born Killers. The only difference was that both Fugate and Starkweather survived and were finally apprehended after leaving eleven people dead in their wake-including Fugate’s parents and her two-year old sister who Starkweather stabbed to death. The horrific murder spree of Charles Starkweather and his fourteen-year-old girlfriend Caril Fugate ended much like bank-robbing folk heros Bonnie and Clyde-in a hail of bullets. A photo of Caril Fugate and Charles Starkweather in happier times while the two were ‘dating.’
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