Name: Francis J McDonnell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Age: 7
Birth Date: 31 Dec 1916
Birth Place: USA
Residence Street Address: 355 Decker Ave
Death Date: 15 Jul 1924
Death Street Address: Port Richmond in Field Near Forrest Ave
Death Place: New York City, Richmond, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Strangulated By Tying His Trousers Around Accid, Hanncider
Burial Date: 18 Jul 1924
Burial Place: Calvary Cemetery
Occupation: Schoolboy
Father's Birth Place: USA
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Father: Albert McDonnell
Mother: Anna McDonnell
Executor: Albert McDonnell
Executor Relationship: Father
Certificate Number: 1218∼Francis Mc Donnell, the son of Anna McDonnell and Arthur McDonnell, a Staten Island police officer, was an eight year old child who disappeared while playing with his brother, Albert, and three friends in July of 1924. His body was found by three Scouts; he had been brutally beaten and strangled with his own suspenders.
Francis was yet another victim of Albert Fish, who had been responsible for a string of child abductions and homicides in the New York area around this time, most significantly the murder of 10 year old Grace Budd the following year. Fish had been seen with Francis shortly before his disappearance.
Fish was eventually arrested in connection to Grace Budd's murder and other crimes, convicted, and was executed at Sing Sing prison on January 16, 1936.
A few days before he died in the electric chair, Fish admitted to the murders of Francis McDonnell and 4 year old Billy Gaffney.
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Age: 7
Birth Date: 31 Dec 1916
Birth Place: USA
Residence Street Address: 355 Decker Ave
Death Date: 15 Jul 1924
Death Street Address: Port Richmond in Field Near Forrest Ave
Death Place: New York City, Richmond, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Strangulated By Tying His Trousers Around Accid, Hanncider
Burial Date: 18 Jul 1924
Burial Place: Calvary Cemetery
Occupation: Schoolboy
Father's Birth Place: USA
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Father: Albert McDonnell
Mother: Anna McDonnell
Executor: Albert McDonnell
Executor Relationship: Father
Certificate Number: 1218∼Francis Mc Donnell, the son of Anna McDonnell and Arthur McDonnell, a Staten Island police officer, was an eight year old child who disappeared while playing with his brother, Albert, and three friends in July of 1924. His body was found by three Scouts; he had been brutally beaten and strangled with his own suspenders.
Francis was yet another victim of Albert Fish, who had been responsible for a string of child abductions and homicides in the New York area around this time, most significantly the murder of 10 year old Grace Budd the following year. Fish had been seen with Francis shortly before his disappearance.
Fish was eventually arrested in connection to Grace Budd's murder and other crimes, convicted, and was executed at Sing Sing prison on January 16, 1936.
A few days before he died in the electric chair, Fish admitted to the murders of Francis McDonnell and 4 year old Billy Gaffney.
Name: Francis J McDonnell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Age: 7
Birth Date: 31 Dec 1916
Birth Place: USA
Residence Street Address: 355 Decker Ave
Death Date: 15 Jul 1924
Death Street Address: Port Richmond in Field Near Forrest Ave
Death Place: New York City, Richmond, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Strangulated By Tying His Trousers Around Accid, Hanncider
Burial Date: 18 Jul 1924
Burial Place: Calvary Cemetery
Occupation: Schoolboy
Father's Birth Place: USA
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Father: Albert McDonnell
Mother: Anna McDonnell
Executor: Albert McDonnell
Executor Relationship: Father
Certificate Number: 1218∼Francis Mc Donnell, the son of Anna McDonnell and Arthur McDonnell, a Staten Island police officer, was an eight year old child who disappeared while playing with his brother, Albert, and three friends in July of 1924. His body was found by three Scouts; he had been brutally beaten and strangled with his own suspenders.
Francis was yet another victim of Albert Fish, who had been responsible for a string of child abductions and homicides in the New York area around this time, most significantly the murder of 10 year old Grace Budd the following year. Fish had been seen with Francis shortly before his disappearance.
Fish was eventually arrested in connection to Grace Budd's murder and other crimes, convicted, and was executed at Sing Sing prison on January 16, 1936.
A few days before he died in the electric chair, Fish admitted to the murders of Francis McDonnell and 4 year old Billy Gaffney.
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Age: 7
Birth Date: 31 Dec 1916
Birth Place: USA
Residence Street Address: 355 Decker Ave
Death Date: 15 Jul 1924
Death Street Address: Port Richmond in Field Near Forrest Ave
Death Place: New York City, Richmond, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Strangulated By Tying His Trousers Around Accid, Hanncider
Burial Date: 18 Jul 1924
Burial Place: Calvary Cemetery
Occupation: Schoolboy
Father's Birth Place: USA
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Father: Albert McDonnell
Mother: Anna McDonnell
Executor: Albert McDonnell
Executor Relationship: Father
Certificate Number: 1218∼Francis Mc Donnell, the son of Anna McDonnell and Arthur McDonnell, a Staten Island police officer, was an eight year old child who disappeared while playing with his brother, Albert, and three friends in July of 1924. His body was found by three Scouts; he had been brutally beaten and strangled with his own suspenders.
Francis was yet another victim of Albert Fish, who had been responsible for a string of child abductions and homicides in the New York area around this time, most significantly the murder of 10 year old Grace Budd the following year. Fish had been seen with Francis shortly before his disappearance.
Fish was eventually arrested in connection to Grace Budd's murder and other crimes, convicted, and was executed at Sing Sing prison on January 16, 1936.
A few days before he died in the electric chair, Fish admitted to the murders of Francis McDonnell and 4 year old Billy Gaffney.
