


Before that, he worked for the Wilton Manors Police Department in Broward County. Schaefer was a Martin County deputy when arrested on the assault charge and claimed he picked up the women to teach them the dangers of hitchhiking. In the assault case, Schaefer pleaded guilty to picking up the women while they were hitchhiking, bringing them to a wooded area on Hutchinson Island, tying nooses around their necks and threatening them with bizarre sexual acts. Their remains were found while Schaefer was serving a six-month sentence at the Martin County Jail for assaulting two girls ? one 17, the other 18. 3, 2005, by Vincent Rivera, a fellow inmate at the maximum-security Florida State Prison near Starke.Īuthorities believe Jessup and Place were murdered between Sept.

Sentenced to be executed by the state, Schaefer instead was knifed to death on Dec. Gerard Schaefer was found guilty of killing Georgia Jessup, 17, and Susan Place, 16, both of Broward County, whose mutilated and decapitated remains were discovered in April 1973 in shallow graves near Blind Creek Beach on Hutchinson Island near Fort Pierce. LUCIE COUNTY ? A one-time Martin County Sheriff's Office deputy who was convicted in the savage slaying of two teenage girls and implicated in up to 30 more deaths became known as one of the most gruesome murderers in Treasure Coast's history.
