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Clark cooperated with authorities and led police to Michele Dorr's grave site near Route 29 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Clark led police to his grandfather's estate where approximately 200 pieces of women's jewelry were found, including items belonging to Laura Houghteling.

Clark was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1986 death of Michele Dorr after cellmate testimony about his confessions and DNA evidence from victim's bedroom.

Clark received a second 30-year sentence and additional 10-year sentence for robbery/theft related to stealing from former landlord.

Clark pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Laura Houghteling and was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment.

Clark arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Laura Houghteling after police found his bloody fingerprint on a pillowcase.

Clark murdered 23-year-old Laura Houghteling in Bethesda, Maryland, by stabbing her to death and suffocating her with a pillow.

Clark arrested dressed as a woman for stealing purses and coats from churches; pleaded guilty on two theft counts and received 45 days in jail.

Clark pulled over with an unregistered and loaded .38 caliber handgun in Montgomery County, Maryland; received suspended sentence and probation.

Clark knocked down his mother and attempted to run her over with his truck in Rhode Island after she confronted him about stolen items.

Clark murdered a 6-year-old girl (Michele Dorr) in Silver Spring, Maryland, by slashing her throat with a chef knife and burying her in a park 12 miles away.

Clark arrested for shoplifting women's underwear; later received probation for assault and battery against his mother.

Clark was discharged from the Navy with a medical discharge after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

Clark enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a below-deck cook.

Clark graduated from the Culinary Institute of America after multiple job changes.

Hadden Irving Clark born July 31, 1952, in Troy, New York.

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Hadden Irving Clark is serving two consecutive 30-year sentences for the 1986 murder of a 6-year-old girl in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the 1992 murder of a 23-year-old woman in Bethesda, Maryland. Arrested November 6, 1992, after being linked to the 1992 homicide, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Houghteling case in 1993 and was convicted of murdering Michele Dorr in October 1999. Clark is currently incarcerated at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland.

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