Ex-convicts Walter Kelbach (aged twenty-eight) and Myron Lance (aged twenty-five) were cousins and gay lovers. On the night of December 17th, 1966, the two homosexuals got high on drugs and drove to a gas station in Salt Lake City. They robbed its attendant of $147.00 at gunpoint; forced him into the back seat of their station wagon and drove into the desert. Their victim was forced to perform sex acts and sodomised; after the perverts were sated, they flipped a coin to decide which of them would kill him. Kelbach won; he stabbed him repeatedly and threw the body into a roadside ditch. Victim number two was Michael Holtz - another lone filling station worker. He was abducted, violated and murdered in the same way - this time both Kelbach and Lance did the killing. The Police realised that the two crimes were connected and issued a city-wide order that all gas stations should be closed at nightfall. The anti-social duo changed their methods. On December 21st, Kelbach and Lance got into the back seat of a taxi belonging to Grant Creed Strong. The driver became wary because his passengers exchanged sly glances and grinned wolfishly at each other. Strong radioed the dispatcher and discreetly said that if he encountered problems, he would press his microphone talk-button twice. As the taxi arrived at the requested destination, Lance pulled a gun and demanded all the driver’s money - but that amounted to just $9.00. Lance was angry and he shot Strong through the head. The killers moved on to Lolly's Tavern, near the city’s airport. They intended to make up for the low profit gained from robbing Grant Strong. In the bar, they produced their weapons and shouted to the amazed patrons that it was a stickup. To show that they were serious, Lance shot James Sizemore (aged forty-seven) through the head - apparently choosing him at random. The gunmen snatched $300.00 from the cash register and fired a stream of bullets into the bar as they left. Beverly Mace (aged thirty-four) and Fred William Lillie (aged twenty) were both killed. Kelbach and Lance fled and managed to acquire transport - but the police acted swiftly and they were arrested at a roadblock. Charged with first-degree murder, a judge and jury needed little time to arrive at a guilty verdict and sentence them to death. However, the Supreme Court set aside capital punishment and the pair were spared the supreme penalty of the Law. Neither Kelbach or Lance have ever expressed any remorse. Lance coldly stated: "I haven't any feelings towards the victims,"; Kelbach added: "I don't mind people getting hurt because I just like to watch it.”.