Steven Timothy Judy (May 24, 1956 – March 9, 1981) was an American mass murderer and suspected serial killer who was convicted of murdering Terry Lee Chasteen and her three children: Misty Ann, Steve, and Mark, on April 28, 1979. He was executed for the murders on March 9, 1981, via electrocution, becoming the first person to be executed in Indiana since 1961. Early life Steven Timothy Judy was born on May 24, 1956, the son of Myrtle and Vernon Judy. As a child, he grew up in a horrific setting; caught in between violence, pornography, alcohol and crime. His father had a history of being arrested for assaulting his mother. One afternoon, his father caught his mother cheating on him and responded to the incident by killing the family's dog. As a result, his defense attorney, Steven L. Harris, stated, "that's all he's known since the day he was born." Judy recalled, "There's times when I can remember my mother pulling a gun out on my dad and trying to shoot him." As a child, Judy was caught burning down a neighbor's garage and stabbing a classmate with a pair of compasses. When he was 10 years old, he started to pursue high school females. He would push them to the ground and molest them. At the age of 13, Judy pretended to be a Boy Scout, forced himself into a woman's home, raped her, and then tried to kill her with a pocketknife. The pocketknife broke before he could kill the woman. However, he fractured her skull and cut off one of her fingers. At the trial, Judy initially claimed he had nothing to do with the assault. Once the investigators brought up his past incidents, he pled insanity. He was found guilty and sentenced to six months in a juvenile detention center and was then sent to a mental hospital. At the hospital he received treatment for his diagnosis as a "sexual psychopath". Once released, Judy was placed into foster care and sent to live with Robert and Mary Carr who were uninformed about Judy's history. Murders The crime Judy is most known for committing occurred when he was 23 years old. On Saturday, April 28, 1979, Terry Lee Chasteen was on her way to drop her children off at a babysitter's house before going to work. While on the road, Judy passed her car and gave