About
Murderer often referred to as The Bogeyman of Westfield who killed his mother, wife and three children in November 1971. He escaped capture for 18 years, during which time he assumed a new identity and remarried, before finally being arrested and sentenced to life in prison.
Before Fame
He was a Sunday school teacher who served in the United States Army during World War II. He later earned a Master's degree in Accounting from the University of Michigan.
Trivia
He was arrested less than two weeks after the airing of an America's Most Wanted episode on which he was profiled.
Family Life
He was the only child born to German-Americans John Frederick List and Alma Maria Barbara Florence List. He married his second wife Delores in 1985.
Associated With
He was portrayed in the 1993 film Judgment Day: The John List Story by actor Robert Blake, who, ironically, was later convicted of killing his own wife.
