Edward Theodore Gein ([ˈɡiːn] August 27, 1906 - July 26, 1984), also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered that Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. Gein confessed to killing two women - tavern owner Mary Hogan on December 8, 1954, and a Plainfield hardware store owner, Bernice Worden, on November 16, 1957. He is buried next to his family in the Plainfield Cemetery, in a now-unmarked grave.
Ed Gein murdered people around Plainfield, Wisconsin.
Evaluate the veracity of the claim: "Ed Gein murdered people around Plainfield, Wisconsin." based on the evidence: "Edward Theodore Gein ([ˈɡiːn] August 27, 1906 - July 26, 1984), also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered that Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. Gein confessed to killing two women - tavern owner Mary Hogan on December 8, 1954, and a Plainfield hardware store owner, Bernice Worden, on November 16, 1957. He is buried next to his family in the Plainfield Cemetery, in a now-unmarked grave.".

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Evaluate the veracity of the claim: "Ed Gein murdered people around Plainfield, Wisconsin." based on the evidence: "Edward Theodore Gein ([ˈɡiːn] August 27, 1906 - July 26, 1984), also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered that Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. Gein confessed to killing two women - tavern owner Mary Hogan on December 8, 1954, and a Plainfield hardware store owner, Bernice Worden, on November 16, 1957. He is buried next to his family in the Plainfield Cemetery, in a now-unmarked grave.".

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