no, he is a fictional character created by the mind of Alice Sebold
He died from a very bad cancer.
John Rooney - murderer - died in 1905.
William Williams - murderer - died in 1906.
Charles Walker - murderer - died in 1990.
David Wilson - murderer - died in 1998.
Charles Coleman - murderer - died in 1990.
George Forster - murderer - died in 1803.
George Gee - murderer - died in 1904.
George Chapman - murderer - died on 1903-04-07.
George Harvey - painter - died in 1876.
Arthur George Harvey died in 1927.
George Harvey Bickley died in 1924.
George Roy Harvey died in 1935.
Roy Harvey - musician - was born on 1892-03-04.
George Brinton McClellan Harvey died on 1928-08-20.
Harvey W. Wiley was born on October 30, 1844.
John Rooney - murderer - died in 1905.
Joseph Burns - murderer - died in 1848.