WILKES-BARRE — George Banks, who on Sept. 25, 1982, went on a killing spree that was reported worldwide, died in prison at the age of 83.

Banks died of natural causes on Nov. 2, in the State Correctional Institute at Phoenix (PA), prison officials confirmed.

On June 22, 1983, a jury from Allegheny County found Banks guilty of 13 counts of first-degree murder. The next day, the same panel returned 12 death sentences and one life sentence for the murders.

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