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Nathaniel Code
Nathaniel Robert Code Jr. (born March 12, 1956) is an American serial killer and mass murderer who murdered eight people at their residences in Shreveport, Louisiana, between 1984 and 1987. He is perhaps best known for killing four members of the Cheney-Culbert family in the neighborhood of Cedar Grove in 1985. Tried for only those murders, he was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1990.
Article summary
Nathaniel Robert Code Jr. (born March 12, 1956) is an American serial killer and mass murderer who murdered eight people at their residences in Shreveport, Louisiana, between 1984 and 1987. He is perhaps best known for killing four members of the Cheney-Culbert family in the neighborhood of Cedar Grove in 1985. Tried for only those murders, he was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1990.
Key claims
- date of birth: 1956-03-12 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of birth is "1956-03-12". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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