Belle Starr was fatally shot in 1889 in a case that is still officially unsolved.
11 Facts About Belle Starr
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Belle Starr was born Myra Maybelle Shirley on her father's farm near Carthage, Missouri, on February 5,1848.
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Belle Starr always harbored a strong sense of style, which fed into her later legend.
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Belle Starr was allegedly briefly married for three weeks to Charles Younger, uncle of Cole Younger in 1878, but this is not substantiated by any evidence.
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In 1880, she married a Cherokee man named Sam Belle Starr and settled with the Belle Starr family in the Indian Territory.
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Belle Starr was found guilty and served nine months at the Detroit House of Corrections in Detroit, Michigan.
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Belle Starr proved to be a model prisoner and, during her time in jail, she won the respect of the prison matron.
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In 1886, she eluded conviction on another theft charge, but, on December 17, Sam Belle Starr was involved in a gunfight with his cousin Law Officer Frank West.
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Belle Starr was riding home from a neighbor's house when she was ambushed.
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Belle Starr's death resulted from shotgun wounds to the back and neck and in the shoulder and face.
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Eddie Reed, Belle Starr's son, was convicted of horse theft and receiving stolen property in July 1889.