Edward Raymond Horton (28 July 1928 - 10 November 1977) was a New Zealand murderer, in 1948. He was born in Blenheim, New Zealand on 28 July 1928.
He murdered and raped a widow in Wellington in 1948, and his conviction became an influence on the restoration of the death penalty in 1950; although at 20 he was still a juvenile the Capital Punishment Act, 1950 [1] exempted juveniles under 18 only. He was released from prison on a lifetime parole in 1971.
Horton escaped from Mount Eden Prison in 1955. He was arrested by the same officer who had headed the initial arrest in 1948, Cyril Naylor. [2]
Horton died from a heart attack in 1977.