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Death Row killer Steven Brian Pennell's sick torture kit used to kill sex workers
Death Row's 'Route 40 killer' carried a torture kit he used to brutally murder women before he was executed on March 14, 1992.Steven Brian Pennell, Delaware's only known serial killer, was convicted of the murders of two women and suspected of killing three others after abducting them from the highway during the 1980s.His first victim, Shirley Ellis, 23, was found by two boys at the side of the road partially nude, her legs spread out, hands and feet tied with adhesive tape.She was identified by her tattoos, a former sex worker from the area, who was turning over a new leaf and helping AIDS patients at Wilmington Hospital.However, an autopsy revealed there were no signs of sexual assault but she had been seriously abused after being struck with a hammer and choked with a string around her neck.His second victim, Catherine A.