 Gugasian was born October 12, 1947 in Broomall, Pennsylvania.At the age of 15, he was shot while attempting to rob a candy store and was sent to the State Youth Facility in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (present-day SCI Camp Hill) for eighteen months.On his release in 1964, he did not attempt to live a normal life; rather, he took deliberate steps to continue with a life of crime and to excel in it.