Victor Feguer

Victor Harry Feguer
Feguer on March 5, 1963
Born(1935-06-10)June 10, 1935
DiedMarch 15, 1963(1963-03-15) (aged 27)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Criminal statusExecuted
ConvictionKidnapping (18 U.S.C. § 1201)
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
VictimsDr. Edward Bartels, 34
DateJuly 11, 1960
CountryUnited States
StatesIllinois (kidnapping)
Iowa (murder)
WeaponPistol

Victor Harry Feguer (June 10, 1935 – March 15, 1963) was an American convicted murderer who was known as the last federal inmate executed in the United States before the moratorium on the death penalty following Furman v. Georgia, as well as the last person put to death in the state of Iowa. While the media did not pay much attention to Feguer or his execution at the time, Timothy McVeigh's execution nearly 4 decades later sparked renewed media interest in him.