List of rampage killers (familicides in the United States)

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This is a list of familicides that occurred in the United States. Being part of the list of rampage killers, the latter's terms of inclusion are also applied here.

Contents

A rampage killer has been defined as follows:

A rampage involves the (attempted) killing of multiple persons least partly in public space by a single physically present perpetrator using (potentially) deadly weapons in a single event without any cooling-off period. [1]

This list should contain every case with at least one of the following features:

All abbreviations used in the table are explained below.

Rampage killers

PerpetratorDateYearLocationStateKilledInjured W Additional NotesRef.
1. Simmons, Ronald Gene, 471987 Pope County Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
16
FMOSentenced to death and executed
2. Banks, George Emil, 401982 Wilkes-Barre & Jenkins Township Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
13
FSentenced to death
3. Ruppert, James Urban, 40*1975 Hamilton Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
11
FSentenced to eleven consecutive life terms [4]
4. Pardo, Bruce Jeffrey, 452008 Covina Flag of California.svg California
9
F ACommitted suicide
5. Clemmens, Abel, 33*1805 Clarksburg Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia
9
 MSentenced to death and executed [6]
6.Woolfolk, Thomas George, 27*1887 Macon Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia
9
 MSentenced to death and executed
Simon Cooper is suspected of having committed the murders
[7]
7. Hassell, George Jefferson, 39*1926 Farwell Flag of Texas.svg Texas
9
FMSentenced to death and executed
Killed 4 people in 1917
8.Waszak, John, 54*1937 Muskego Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
9
 ESentenced to life imprisonment [9]
9. Acquin, Lorne Joe, 271977 Prospect Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut
9
 MASentenced to 105 years to life imprisonment [10]
10. Wesson, Marcus Delon, 57*2004 Fresno Flag of California.svg California
9
FSentenced to death [11] [12]
11.de Capua, Tony, 421927 Youngstown Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
8
FFound not guilty by reason of insanity [13]
12.Purrington, James, 46*1806 Augusta Flag of Maine.svg Maine
8
 MCommitted suicide [14]
13. Heinze, Guy, 22*2009 Brunswick Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia
8
 MSentenced to life imprisonment
Also killed three cats
[15] [16] [17]
14.Torres, Rafael, 40*1969 Jersey City Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey
8
 MArrested, but only prosecuted only a separate shooting earlier
Released from a psychiatric hospital in 1984
[18]
15.Russell, Francis Lloyd, 39*1925 Hamilton Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
8
FFound not guilty by reason of insanity [19]
16.Gonzalez, Celestino P., 361936 Indiana Harbor Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
8
FMCommitted suicide [20]
17.Gragg, Ralph Marler, 32–33*1951 Collettsville Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina
8
FMACommitted suicide [21]
18.Akulonis, Peter Joseph, 39*1953 Lawrence Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts
8
FMCommitted suicide [22]
19.Pierce, Etheridge, 171992 New York City & Rochester Flag of New York.svg New York
8
0
FSentenced to 75 years in prison [23]
20. Speight, Christopher Bryan, 392010 Appomattox Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia
8
F ESentenced to life imprisonment [24]
21. Conley, David Ray, 482015 Houston Flag of Texas.svg Texas
8
0
FSentenced to life imprisonment [25]
22. Godbolt, Willie Corey, 352017 Bogue Chitto & Brookhaven Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
8
0
FSentenced to death [26]
23. Salcido Bojorquez, Ramon, 281989 Sonoma County Flag of California.svg California
7
FMSentenced to death [27]
24.Hildebrandt, Hannah, 35*1896 Marysville Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas
7
 PCommitted suicide [28]
25.Collett, George M., 451935 Mount Vernon Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky
7
FCommitted suicide [29]
26.Lias, Frankie Lee, 20*1974 Fayette Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
7
FSentenced to life imprisonment [30]
27.Kirby, Judy, 312000 Martinsville Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
7
 VSentenced to 215 years in prison [31]
28. Aldridge, Joseph Jesse, 362015 Tyrone Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
7
FCommitted suicide [32]
29.Kaiser, Moritz, 50*1878 Monroe County Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
7
 MAPerished in the fire [33]
30.Reid, Nathan1887 Worth County Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia
7
 MACommitted suicide [34]
31.Baker, John Gerhardt, 34*1897 Carrolton Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
7
FCommitted suicide [35]
32.Kraus, August*1903 Bellefontaine Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
7
 MCommitted suicide [36]
33.Markham, Julia*1905 Cambridge Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
7
 MACommitted suicide [37]
34.Ayer, Charles H., 43*1906 Pembroke Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire
7
F OCommitted suicide [38]
35.Grant, James T.*1911 Benton Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
7
 MCommitted suicide [39]
36.O'Kane, Daniel, 47–48*1916 Lawton Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma
7
FMCommitted suicide [40]
37.Green, Addie*1917 Nashville Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
7
0
 MArrested [41]
38.Stravisar, Mary*1919 Kimberly Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
7
 ACommitted suicide [42]
39. Lawson, Charles Davis, 43*1929 Germanton Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina
7
FMCommitted suicide [43]
40.Geller, Ethel, 44*1930 Columbus Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
7
FCommitted suicide [44]
41. Gravlin, William Glenn, 30*1964 Troy Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan
7
FMSentenced to life imprisonment [45]
42.Belcher, Harry M., 32*1965 Ferndale Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan
7
 ASentenced to life imprisonment [46]
43.Hanks, Lee M., 211981 Syracuse Flag of New York.svg New York
7
0
 ASentenced to 20 years to life
Terminated a pregnancy
[47]
44. Haggart, Robert Lee, 31*1982 Farwell Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan
7
FSentenced to life imprisonment
Killed a woman in 1977
45.Lynam, Daniel Patrick, 36*1987 Tacoma & Federal Way Flag of Washington.svg Washington
7
FCommitted suicide [48]
46. Schnick, James Eugene, 36*1987 Elkland Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
7
FMSentenced to death [49]
47. Avanesian, Jorjik, 40*1996 Glendale Flag of California.svg California
7
 ASentenced to life imprisonment [50]
48.Spirit, Don Charles, 51*2014 Bell Flag of Florida.svg Florida
7
FCommitted suicide [51]
49. Hart, Jennifer Jean, 38*2018 Westport Flag of California.svg California
7
 VDied in the crash [52]
50. Haight, Michael, 422023 Enoch Flag of Utah.svg Utah
7
FCommitted suicide [53]
51.Helde, Paul*1881 Eagle Creek Valley Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
6–8
FMCommitted suicide [54]
52.Crump, Danny Eugene, 271980 Olathe Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas
6
 ESentenced to life imprisonment [55]
53. Dotson, Jessie L., 332008 Memphis Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee
6
FMSentenced to death
Killed a man in 1994
[56]
54.Cameron, Donald T., 351939 Chippewa Falls Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
6
2
F ACommitted suicide [57]
55.Kline, Sherman, 381968 Carlinville Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
6
FCommitted suicide [58]
56.McConaughy, Robert, 31*1840 Hill Valley Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
6
FMSentenced to death and executed [59]
57.Lackey, Albert Newton1885Blanco City Flag of Texas.svg Texas
6
1
FMKilled by angry mob [60]
58.Cooper, Emma, 42*1908 Cadillac Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan
6
FCommitted suicide [61]
59.Schoch, Kathryn, 37*1934 Dunkirk
Pittsburgh
Flag of New York.svg New York
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
6
F PCommitted suicide [62]
60.David, Rachel, [63] 38*1978 Salt Lake City Flag of Utah.svg Utah
6
 OCommitted suicide [64]
61.Bell, King Edward, 311981 Indianapolis Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
6
FSentenced to six consecutive 40-year terms [65]
62. Haskell, Ronald Lee, 332014 Spring Flag of Texas.svg Texas
6
FSentenced to death [66]
63. Stone, Bradley William, 352014 Souderton, Lansdale, &
Lower Salford Township
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
6
FMCommitted suicide [67]
64. Pridgeon, Jarron Deajon, 25 (accused)2021 Muskogee Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma
6
1
FArrested [68]
65.O'Neil, Patsy, 191846 Overton County Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee
7
0
 MSentenced to life imprisonment [69]
66.Dakin, ---*1871 Stonefort Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
6
 MCommitted suicide [70]
67.Wampler, Lewis* May1884 Pleasanton Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas
6
0
FMCommitted suicide [71]
68.Gallegos, Jose Trujillo1885 Las Norias Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico
6
 MArrested [72]
69. Dunham, James C. 1896 Campbell Flag of California.svg California
6
FMEscaped
70.Hansen, Jens*1896 Chicago Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
6
 PCommitted suicide [75]
71.Klaettke, Richard, 38*1896 Chicago Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
6
FCommitted suicide [76]
72.Wurtzer, Rosa, 40*1901 Uniontown Flag of Washington.svg Washington
6
 MOArrested [77]
73.Naramore, Elizabeth Ann*1901 Coldbrook Springs Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts
6
 MFound not guilty by reason of insanity [78]
74.Westrope, Mary E. "Mollie", 38*1902 Brandywine Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
6
F AFound not guilty by reason of insanity [79]
75.Stephens, Edwin, 35*1905 San Rafael Flag of California.svg CaliforniaFCommitted suicide [80]
76.McWilliams, William S., 44*1905 Littleton Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
6
 MSentenced to death [81]
77.Johnson, Ellen C., 36*1911 Braddock Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota
6
 APerished in the fire [82]
78.Wychopen, John, 40*1916 Holland Flag of Texas.svg Texas
6
FCommitted suicide [83]
79.Klocow, Frank, 49*1921 Ormsby Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota
6
FCommitted suicide [84]
80.Taylor, Guy M., 35*1927 Utica Flag of New York.svg New York
6
 MCommitted suicide [85]
81.Millis, Phillip Noble, 37*1927 Hennessey Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma
6
 MCommitted suicide [86]
82.Pasos, Marie, 35*1929 New York City Flag of New York.svg New York
6
 PCommitted suicide [87]
83.Jackson, George, 35*1931 Wagener Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina
6
FSentenced to death [88]
84.Albers, William A., 54*1936 Danville Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
6
FMCommitted suicide [89]
85.Nollen, Elsie, 30*1937 Denison Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
6
 PCommitted suicide [90]
86.Curtis, Lillie May, 38*1938 Center Flag of Texas.svg Texas
6
FSentenced to 495 years in prison [91]
87.Nicosia, Louise, 43*1940 New York City Flag of New York.svg New York
6
 PCommitted suicide [92]
88.Gibson, Esker Washington, 32*1941 Irvington Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama
6
 MASentenced to death and executed [93]
89.Seipel, Thomas, 31*1942 Plum City Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
6
FCommitted suicide [94]
90.Pulliam, Mark, 34*1942 Chatsworth Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia
6
0
 MASentenced to life imprisonment [95]
91.Dalrymple, Carl, 27*1943 Crossville Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama
6
0
FSentenced to life imprisonment [96]
92.Bauer, William Dilworth, 48*1956 Parsippany-Troy Hills Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey
6
FCommitted suicide [97]
93.King, Rufus Allen, 33*1956 Clinton Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina
6
FMCommitted suicide [98]
94.Lewis, Earl H.*1958 Portsmouth Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia
6
0
 PCommitted suicide [99]
95.Soper, Roland L., 28–29*1959 Lancaster Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
6
 MPCommitted suicide [100]
96.Pitelka, Charles E., 34*1961 Lockport Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
6
 MCommitted suicide [101]
97.Bauer, Roland Jack, 31*1962 Zion Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
6
 MCommitted suicide [102]
98.Gregor, Elizabeth, 43–44*1963 Prospect Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
6
FCommitted suicide [103]
99.Burgan, James D., 281964 Detroit Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Michigan
6
FCommitted suicide [104]
100.Sartin, Mary M., 26–27*1965 Bay View Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
6
0
FCommitted suicide [105]
101.Suarez, Jose Antonio, 22* April1966 New York City Flag of New York.svg New York
6
 MNot prosecuted and set free [106]
102.Bray, Charles Coatney, 40*1968 Napa Flag of California.svg California
6
F ACommitted suicide [107]
103.O'Leary, George T., 46*1973 Boston Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts
6
FCommitted suicide [108]
104. DeFeo, Ronald Joseph, 23*1974 Amityville Flag of New York.svg New York
6
FSentenced to life imprisonment
Died in prison
105. Nelson, Simon Peter, 46*1978 Rockford Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
6
 MSentenced to six concurrent prison terms of 100 to 200 years
Also killed a dog
[110]
106.Gilbert, Gene, 28*1981 Delmar Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
6
FCommitted suicide [111]
107.Ellis, Ronald Quitman, 341981 Camp Springs Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland
6
FSentenced to five consecutive life terms plus 10 years [112]
108.Day, James Alan, 36*1984 Evansville Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
6
FCommitted suicide [113]
109.Dreesman, Robert, 40*1987 Algona Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
6
FCommitted suicide [114]
110.Shaw, Tracey, 261994 Philadelphia Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
6
0
 ASentenced to life imprisonment [115]
111.Forsyth, Rick Wayne, 421993 Norwalk Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
6
FSentenced to life imprisonment [116]
112. Her, Khoua, 24*1998 Saint Paul Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota
6
 MSentenced to 50 years in prison [117]
113.Pangle, Richard Vincent, 37*2000 Ava Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
6
F APerished in the fire [118]
114. Soltys, Nikolay Alekseyevich, 27*2001 Sacramento Flag of California.svg California
6
 MCommitted suicide while awaiting trial
115.Wise, Jesse Dee, 21*2006 Leola Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
6
 MSentenced to life imprisonment [119]
116.Isadore, Hersel Michael, 34–35*2006 Kansas City Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas
6
FCommitted suicide [120]
117.Lupoe, Ervin Antonio, 40*2009 Los Angeles Flag of California.svg California
6
FCommitted suicide [121]
118.Shaffer, Jacob Levi, 302009 Fayetteville
Huntsville
Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee
Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama
6
 MSentenced to life imprisonment [122]
119. Damas, Mesac, 33*2009 Naples Flag of Florida.svg Florida
6
 MSentenced to death [123]
120.Yazdanpanah, Aziz, 56*2011 Grapevine Flag of Texas.svg Texas
6
FCommitted suicide [124]
121.Ray, Larry Don, 662020 Moncure Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina
6
0
FCommitted suicide [125]
122. McFadden, Jesse, 392023 Henryetta Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma
6
0
FCommitted suicide [126]
123.Mantooth, Chamberlain, 50*1906 Newport Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee
5–7
 MCommitted suicide [127]
124.Clark, Harry, 301916 Osceola Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
5–6
2–3
FCommitted suicide [128]

Abbreviations and footnotes

* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator

W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders

F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots
M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, rocks, or bare hands
O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks
A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used
V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used
E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used
P – indicates that an anaesthetising or deadly substance of any kind was the only other weapon used (includes poisonous gas)

See also

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    She kills 7 with axe, The Topeka Daily State Journal (March 12, 1917) (p. 6)
    News of the day - William Green..., Alexandria Gazette (March 12, 1917) (p. 4)
    Insane negress kills her family of seven [ permanent dead link ], The Milwaukee Sentinel (March 13, 1917) (p. 1)
    Telegraph briefs - Fort Smith, Ark., The Day Book (March 13, 1917) (p. 21)
    Wipes out her family, La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press (March 13, 1917) (p. 10)
    World's events in short form - Seven persons were kiilled..., The Cook County News-Herald (March 21, 1917) (p. 6)
  42. Kills seven babes; then takes own life, The Pittsburgh Press (July 30, 1919)
    – Desperation leads woman to tragedy, The Anniston Star (July 30, 1919)
    – Woman destroys herself and her seven children, Altoona Mirror (July 30, 1919)
    – Distracted by poverty, mother destroys herself and her 7 children, Bridgeport Standard Telegram (July 30, 1919)
    – Bodies of mother and 7 children found in home, The Galveston Daily News (July 30, 1919)
  43. Crazy farmer kills wife, 6 children, The New York Times (December 26, 1929)
  44. Kills seven children, then shoots herself, The New York Times (May 7, 1930)
    Faced by poverty, mother sends bullets into hearts of seven of her children, The Evening Independent (May 7, 1930)
    – Ohio mother kills 7 children in bed, The Sandusky Register (May 7, 1930)
    Mother who killed seven children dies Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (May 17, 1930)
  45. Wife, children slain; 7 notes say "I'm sorry" [ permanent dead link ], Chicago Tribune (September 30, 1964)
    Spouse admits slaying wife, six children [ permanent dead link ], Rome News-Tribune (September 30, 1964)
    Slayer, Ocala Star-Banner (October 1, 1964)
    – Gravlin is committed, The News-Palladium (January 15, 1965)
    – Dad faces trial in ax slaying of seven, The News-Palladium (January 17, 1968)
    – Life term for killer of seven, The News-Palladium (April 13, 1968)
  46. Mother, 6 children die in house fire, Lewiston Morning Tribune (January 26, 1965)
    Husband charged in family's death [ permanent dead link ], The News and Courier (February 5, 1965)
    Murder charged in fire, The Spokesman-Review (February 5, 1965)
    Life term mandatory, Reading Eagle (April 10, 1965)
    Convicted in fire deaths of wife and six children, St. Joseph News-Press (April 11, 1965)
  47. Fire kills seven; man, 21, is held in arson-murder, The New York Times (July 7, 1981)
    Murder counts filed in Syracuse arson, Schenectady Gazette (July 7, 1981)
    7 die in suspected arson of house [ permanent dead link ], The Palm Beach Post (July 7, 1981)
    Fire was set, Bangor Daily News (July 8, 1981)
    Murder suspects, Jet (July 23, 1981)
    – Ruling awaited on confession, Syracuse Herald-Journal (October 1, 1981)
    – Hanks admits setting blaze that killed 7, The Post-Standard (October 24, 1981)






  48. In 7 Deaths, Town Knew What Experts Didn't, The New York Times (October 7, 1987)
    Murder twist; a survivor held, a victim cleared, The New York Times (October 11, 1987)
    Death Sentence in Missouri, The New York Times (May 25, 1988)
    Auguries Of Innocence, Time (October 19, 1987)
    Shooting spree by 14-year-old leaves tiny Ozarks town in shock, The Free Lance–Star (September 26, 1987)
  49. Man Arrested in Glendale Fire That Killed 7 in Family [ permanent dead link ], Los Angeles Times (February 7, 1996)
    Man Gets Life in Prison for Killing Wife, 6 Children Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Los Angeles Times (January 7, 2000)
    Arson Suspect Hid Iran Jail Record, Officials Say, Los Angeles Times (February 9, 1996)
    Avanesian Told INS of Persecution, Los Angeles Times (February 10, 1996)
  50. Man kills daughter, 6 grandchildren in North Florida murder-suicide Archived 2014-09-18 at the Wayback Machine , WKMG-TV (September 18, 2014)
    Sheriff: Grandfather Killed Grandchildren, Daughter, Himself, CBS News (September 18, 2014)
    Bell Shooting: Man Kills Daughter, Six Grandchildren, Commits Suicide In Florida, Huffington Post (September 18, 2014)
    Florida man kills his daughter and her six children, BBC News (September 19, 2014)
  51. Authorities Believe Plunge of Hart Family's SUV Off California Cliff Was Intentional, Willamette Week (April 1, 2018)
    Hart family deadly crash: a timeline, The Oregonian
    Hart Family, Before Driving Off Cliff, Hid Dark Home Life From View, New York Times (April 27, 2018)
    SUV carrying family appears to have been intentionally driven off California cliff, police say, Washington Post (April 2, 2018)
  52. "Police identify 7 victims, suspect found shot to death in Enoch, Utah home". KSLTV. 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  53. A maniac's massacre [ permanent dead link ], Chicago Daily Tribune (July 19, 1881)
    Bloody deeds of an insane man, The New York Times (July 19, 1881)
    A neighbor's account of a maniac murder of his wife and seven children, The New York Times (July 22, 1881)
    Frightful crime of a crazy Swiss Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Hartford Daily Courant (July 19, 1881)
  54. 6 die in blast in Olathe home, Lawrence Journal-World (September 21, 1980)
    Ex-husband charged in blast that killed 6, Spokane Daily Chronicle (September 22, 1980)
    Olathe man charged with 6 murder counts, Lawrence Journal-World (September 23, 1980)
    Man charged in bombing, Daytona Beach Morning Journal (September 23, 1980)
    Olathe dynamite slayings trial to go to jury, The Fort Scott Tribune (April 17, 1981)
    Dynamite bomb killed six in home – Family speaks against parole, Lawrence Journal-World (July 25, 1995)




  55. Man accused in Lester Street murders appears in court [ permanent dead link ], WNC-TV (March 10, 2008)
    Brother charged with killing 6 in Tenn., USA Today (March 8, 2008)
    Brother of Victim Is Charged in Deadly Memphis Shootings, The New York Times (March 9, 2008)
    Death sentence for Memphis man who killed 6, The Associated Press (October 12, 2010)
  56. Mad gunman kills 5, self Archived 2015-11-01 at the Wayback Machine , The Milwaukee Sentinel (December 10, 1939)
    New angles confuse mass death probe Archived 2015-11-01 at the Wayback Machine , The Milwaukee Sentinel (December 11, 1939)
    Seek in vain for motive in killing of five Archived 2015-11-01 at the Wayback Machine , The Milwaukee Journal (December 10, 1939)
    7th death is now feared at Chippewa Falls, Nashua Telegraph (December 11, 939)
    Little-remembered mass murder put city in international spotlight, The Chippewa Herald (December 5, 2011)
  57. Man kills himself after shooting 8, The New York Times (December 19, 1968)
    Father kills four at children's party, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (December 19, 1968)
    Father of 10 kills wife, 3 others, Eugene Register-Guard (December 19, 1968)
    Girl, 8, dies, 6th victim of shooting spree [ permanent dead link ], The Milwaukee Sentinel (December 21, 1968)
    – Carlinville Victim Dies, Edwardsville Intelligencer (February 13, 1969)
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    Trial, confession and execution of Robert M'Conaghy, for the murder of Mrs. Brown and her five children; (1841)
  59. Eight Persons Murdered,
    Lackey Murders & Lynching
  60. Insane mother kills seven, The New York Times (June 14, 1908)
    Mother slays six, The Fredericksburg Daily Star (June 15, 1908)
    – The Cadillac Tragedy, Marshall Expounder (July 10, 1908)
  61. Kills 6 and self in grief for son, The New York Times (December 24, 1934)
    Grief-crazed mother slays five of family [ permanent dead link ], Ludington Daily News (December 24, 1934)
    Nurse kills 5 in one famiiy, The Pittsburgh Press (December 24, 1934)
    Crazed nurse's victims buried, The Pittsburgh Press (December 26, 1934)
    'Why let me live?' mother wounded by crazed nurse asks, The Pittsburgh Press (December 28, 1934)
    – Seven members of one family killed by Mrs. Kathryn Schoch of Dunkirk, Dunkirk Evening Observer (December 24, 1934)
  62. Mother Killed with 6 Children in Utah Plunge, Joining the Father, nytimes.com/1978/08/04/archives/mother-killed-with-6-children-in-utah-plunge-joining-the-father.html
  63. Story of bizarre family life unfolds after multiple deaths, The Evening Independent (August 4, 1978)
    Seven dead in bizarre incident, The Free Lance–Star (August 4, 1978)
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  64. Suspected gunman in suburban Houston standoff after 6 shot dead, 1 wounded in Harris County, Texas, New York Daily News (July 9, 2014)
    Shooting Near Houston, Texas Leaves At Least 6 Dead: Report, Huffington Post (July 9, 2014)
    TENSE STANDOFF ENDS FOLLOWING GRISLY SCENE IN N. HARRIS CO., ABC News (July 9, 2014)
    Man guilty of killing 6 members of his ex's family in Texas, faces death sentence, NBC News (September 27, 2019)
  65. "Accused of Killing 6, Former Marine Bradley Stone Remains at Large". nbcphiladelphia.com. December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  66. "'It hit home, man': Muskogee copes with shock of mass shooting".
  67. Horrible, The Long-Islander (October 16, 1846)
    – Dickinson, S. N.: The Boston Almanac for the Year 1847; Boston, 1847. (p. 43)
    – Horton, John Theodore, et al.: The Cumberland Mountain Axe Murders: ‘Can Scarcely Be Paralleled in the Annals of Crime, Tennessee Bar Association, 2022.
    - Russell Fowler: History of northwestern New York – Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genesee and Orleans Counties, Vol. 1; Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1947. (p. 127)
  68. Murder and Suicide in Illinois – A Man Dispatches His Entire Family, Including Himself, The New York Times (April 5, 1871)
    A Seven-Fold Crime, The New York Times (April 10, 1871)
  69. A Monster's Death, Biddeford Daily Journal (June 24, 1884)
    Der sechsfache Mord in Kansas,
    The Pleasanton Tragedy,
    Kansas City, Mo. - Ein fünffacher Mord,
  70. A Mexican style of revenge, The New York Times (February 21, 1885)
    Six persons killed by maniac, The New York Times (February 23, 1885)
    – Murder, Weekly New Mexican Review And Live Stock Journal (February 26, 1885)
    The Far West Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (February 27, 1885)
  71. "Slain with ax and pistol". San Francisco Call. May 28, 1896. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  72. Bechdolt, Fred R. (September 28, 1908). "Dunham's Slaughter of McGlincy Family One of Most Cold Blooded Murders". San Francisco Call. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  73. At end of his rope Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (January 14, 1896)
    Hansen said to be a swindler Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (January 14, 1896)
    Verdict in Hansen case, Chicago Daily Tribune (January 17, 1896)
    Sale of Hansen relics Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (January 19, 1896)
  74. Entire Family Murdered Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , The Hartford Courant (February 6, 1896)
    Took the lives of seven persons, The New York Times (February 6, 1896)
    Miscellaneous, Tuapeka Times (April 22, 1897)
  75. Kills her six children, The New York Times (February 25, 1901)
    A crazed mother criminal, Deseret News (February 26, 1901)
  76. Killed her six children, The New York Times (March 22, 1901)
    A New England Tragedy Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (April 19, 1901)
    While mad woman slays six children [ permanent dead link ], The Milwaukee Journal (March 22, 1901)
  77. Kills six children Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Los Angeles Times (June 17, 1902)
    Mother kills six children Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (June 17, 1902)
    – Mother kills six children and then attempts suicide, The Evening Tribune (June 17, 1902)
  78. Insane shots end family Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Los Angeles Times (May 25, 1905)
    Maniac slays whole family, Los Angeles Herald (May 25, 1905)
  79. McWilliams is cast down, Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier (March 6, 1906)
    – McWilliams will not hang, Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier (October 23, 1906)
    – Bills presented for expense of McWilliams trial, Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier (January 4, 1906)
    – McWilliams held insane, Waterloo Daily Courier (November 27, 1906)
    – McWilliams has confessed, Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier (December 5, 1905)
    – Murders Wife and five children, Waterloo Times-Tribune (November 25, 1905)
    – Know M'Willams, Waterloo Daily Reporter (November 25, 1905)
    – Once had a church trial, Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier (November 28, 1905)
  80. Dies with her six children, The New York Times (October 24, 1911)
    Seven burn in home Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Boston Daily Globe (October 24, 1911)
    Burns her brood of six Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , The Baltimore Sun (October 24, 1911)
  81. Family slain, The Durant Weekly News (May 5, 1916)
    Kills six; shoots self, El Paso Herald (May 1, 1916)
    – Bloody scene enacted when six of one family are killed, Galveston Daily News (May 1, 1916)
    – Farmer slew his wife and five children following quarrel, The Victoria Daily Advocate (May 2, 1916)
    – Wychopen is dead, The San Antonio Light (May 3, 1916)
  82. Family of seven shot dead in home, The New York Times (September 6, 1921)
    – Ormsby banker kills family, Estherville Democrat (September 7, 1921)
    – Frank Klocow kills himself and family, Hardin County Citizen (September 9, 1921)
    – New horrors in Klocow tragedy, The Graettinger Times (September 29, 1921)
  83. Seven found slain in Utica tenement, The New York Times (February 19, 1927)
    Father slays entire family, St. Petersburg Times (February 19, 1927)
    – Idle, man becomes frenzied, The Syracuse Herald (February 19, 1927)
    – Invention a failure, Utica man slays 6 in family and self, The Syracuse Herald (February 20, 1927)
  84. Kills 5 children and wife with ax, then hangs self Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (December 14, 1927)
    Father Kills Whole Family Then Himself Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , The Hartford Courant (December 14, 1927)
    – Slays seven of his family – Kills self and wife, children, The Evening State Journal And Lincoln Daily News (December 13, 1927)
  85. Kills 6 children and herself by gas, The New York Times (February 16, 1929)
  86. Calls at home of six members of his family and kills all Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (October 26, 1931)
    Miscellany, Time (August 1, 1932)
    Arrest of man who killed six relieves anxiety of others who feared attack, The Evening Independent (October 26, 1931)
    Murders six of kin, flees, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (October 26, 1931)
  87. Father kills six, end life on farm, The New York Times (January 24, 1936)
    Find family of six slain in flaming building [ permanent dead link ], The Milwaukee Journal (January 23, 1936)
  88. Mother kills 6 children, self with auto gas Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (August 30, 1937)
    – Woman ends life of her six children, The Sheboygan Press (August 30, 1937)
    – Mother and six children found killed by fumes, Galveston Daily News (August 30, 1937)
  89. Mother slays six children, The Milwaukee Journal (March 17, 1938)
    Slayer of husband kills six children, The New York Times (March 18, 1938)
    Gets 495 Years for Killing Six, The New York Times (April 7, 1938)
  90. Demented mother kills 6 children, The New York Times (July 11, 1940)
    Woman who killed 6 dies, The New York Times (July 15, 1940)
    Woman kills six children trying to take own life, The Evening Independent (July 11, 1940)
    A funeral of six children, St. Petersburg Times (July 17, 1940)
  91. Mother and five children burned, The Evening Independent (April 25, 1941)
    Alabaman admits he killed six, St. Petersburg Times (April 30, 1941)
    Jobless Carpenter Admits Killing Six Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Los Angeles Times (April 30, 1941)
    – Slayer of six given sentence of death, The Anniston Star (June 20, 1941)
    Torch slayer of family dies in Alabama's chair, The Evening Independent (March 13, 1942)
  92. Eleven slain, St. Petersburg Times (January 17, 1942)
    11 in 2 families slain in Wisconsin county, The New York Times (January 17, 1942)
    – New Pierce Co. Mass Slaying – Shoots wife, 5 children and self to death, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (January 17, 1942)
    – Youth faces murder charge for deaths of 4, The Racine Journal-Times (January 19, 1942)
  93. Mother, 5 children dead; father held [ permanent dead link ], The Palm Beach Post (November 3, 1942)
    Mother and five children die as home burns, St. Petersburg times (November 3, 1942)
    Georgian held for murder, The Tuscaloosa News (November 4, 1942)
    Bones of six found in ashes of home, The Chatsworth Times (November 5, 1942)
    Pulliam given life sentence, The Chatsworth Times (February 11, 1943)
    When justice triumphed, The Sunday News (January 4, 1948)

  94. Wife, five children slain in Alabama, Reading Eagle (May 18, 1943)
    Slays mate, tots, then shoots self, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (May 18, 1943)
    Accused of slaying wife and 5 children, The Telegraph-Herald (May 18, 1943)
    Alleged slayer goes on trial, St. Petersburg Times (November 9, 1943)
    Auto mechanic's trial underway, The Tuscaloosa News (November 9, 1943)
    Dalrymple given life sentence, The Tuscaloosa News (November 11, 1943)
  95. Berserk father kills 6 and self, The New York Times (January 29, 1956)
    Joint funeral set in family tragedy, The New York Times (January 30, 1956)
    7 in family shot to death in New Jersey, The Victoria Advocate (January 29, 1956)
  96. Farm father kills 6 children, self, The New York Times (October 3, 1956)
    Berserk dad kills 6 children, self [ permanent dead link ], The Milwaukee Sentinel (October 3, 1956)
    Berserk slayer of six children had beaten wife, Ocala Star-Banner (October 3, 1956)
    Farmer kills six children, self, Ocala Star-Banner (October 4, 1956)
    Sharecropper kills six children, self, St. Petersburg Times (October 3, 1956)
  97. Family of seven in Virginia wiped out in murders-suicide, Bluefield Daily Telegraph (November 9, 1958)
    Hampton family dies in fumes filled auto, Petersburg Progress Index (November 9, 1958), continuation
    Family of seven dies in Va. auto, The Lewiston Daily Sun (November 10, 1958)
    Hampton man said to plot death of himself, his family of six, The Free Lance-Star (November 10, 1958)
    Man wipes out family in car, Pasadena Independent ( Pasadena Independent)
    Virginia Family dies in Dismal Swamp, Bluefield Daily Telegraph (November 10, 1958)
    Family of 7 wiped out by gas of auto, Harrisonburg Daily News Record (November 10, 1958)
  98. Family Of Seven Killed In "Mass Murder, Suicide", The Lima News (March 8, 1959)
    Woman discovers six murders and a suicide, Rome News-Tribune (March 8, 1959)
    Bodies of seven found on farm, The Bend Bulletin (March 7, 1959)
    Man kills six, takes own life, Spokane Daily Chronicle (March 7, 1959)
  99. Six in family die – Man Kills Wife, 4 of Their 5 Children and Himself, The New York Times (May 14, 1961)
    Find 6 dead – Husband leaves suicide note Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (May 14, 1961)
    Link father's "troubles" to deaths of 7 [ permanent dead link ], Chicago Daily Tribune (May 15, 1961)
    Hold services for parents, 5 slain children Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Daily Tribune (May 18, 1961)
  100. Father slays six, then kills himself, The New York Times (May 7, 1962)
    7 in family found slain, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (May 7, 1962)
    Ex mental patient slays his wife, 5 children, kills self, Ocala Star-Banner (May 7, 1962)
  101. Butler County Woman Kills 6 in Family, Self, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (June 18, 1963)
    "Nice Person" kills her 5 children, husband and self, The Evening Independent (June 18, 1963)
  102. "Nice guy" runs amok – Seven die, The Windsor Star (December 4, 1964)
    Man slays six, self, Reading Eagle (December 4, 1964)
    Father shoots, kills wife, 4 children, woman, self in Detroit shooting spree, Schenectady Gazette (December 4, 1964)
    Father Kills 4 Children, Self, Wife Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , The Hartford Courant (December 4, 1964)
  103. Woman uses gun to end marital troubles, The Portsmouth Times (August 14, 1965)
    Mother kills husband, all five children [ permanent dead link ], The Milwaukee Journal (August 14, 1965)
    Mother shoots family, then herself, Williamson Daily News (August 16, 1965)
    Family shot dead, The Sydney Morning Herald (August 15, 1965)
  104. Suspect in slayings to get mental test, The New York Times (April 29, 1966)
    Wife, 5 children killed, ex-mental patient held, Schenectady Gazette (April 29, 1966)
    Admitted slayer freed on high court ruling, The Owosso Argus-Press (February 21, 1967)
    Confessed killer of 6 set free, The Pittsburgh Press (February 21, 1967)
    Confessed slayer freed, Spokane Daily Chronicle (February 21, 1967)
  105. Berserk man kills 6 of his 7 children, The New York Times (December 20, 1968)
    Father sued for divorce kills 6 kids, Eugene Register-Guard (December 19, 1968)
  106. Security Guard Kills Self After Slaying Wife, 5 of 6 Children Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine , Los Angeles Times (June 11, 1973)
    Kills wife, 5 children before taking own life, Ludington Daily News (June 11, 1973)
    Father kills wife, children, himself, Rome News-Tribune (June 11, 1973)
    Guard kills wife, 5 children, self, Daily News (June 12, 1973)


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  108. Mass murder rocks neighborhood, Rome News-Tribune (January 9, 1978)
    6 children slain, father charged, Ocala Star-Banner (January 8, 1978)
    Killer of Six Children Sentenced, The New York Times (June 14, 1978)
  109. Five children, both parents bullet victims, Eugene Register-Guard (January 5, 1981)
    Same gun used in suicide, family deaths, The Free Lance–Star (January 7, 1981)















  110. Father Kills 6 Children And Himself, Police Say, The New York Times (October 19, 1984)
    Father kills 6 children, himself, The Prescott Courier (October 19, 1984)
    Father who killed 6 children, self had shot at wife months before, Ocala Star-Banner (October 19, 1984)
    Wife protected killer in an earlier dispute [ permanent dead link ], Deseret News (October 19, 1984)






  111. http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20070416_Alone_in_prison_and_in_misery.html








  112. Woman kills children, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (September 5, 1998)
    Killing of 6 kids stuns community, The Ledger (September 5, 1998)
    Woman Pleads Guilty To Killing 6 Children, The New York Times (December 1, 1998)
    Mother Gets 50 Years For Killing 6 Children, The New York Times (January 9, 1999)


  113. Pennsylvania Man Accused of Murdering 6 Relatives, The New York Times (April 14, 2006)
    Pennsylvania: Life in Prison for Man Who Killed His Relatives, The New York Times (June 16, 2007)





  114. Man kills wife, five kids, himself after being fired, CNN (January 27, 2008)
    Unemployed California Dad Who Killed Family, Himself Said Hospital Incited Tragedy, Fox News (January 28, 2009)
  115. Agents: Wife main target, last to die in rampage, Associated Press (July 21, 2009)
    Police Charge Man With Six Murders in Two-State Killing Spree, Fox News (July 19, 2009)
    Police say Tennessee rampage started in Alabama, San Francisco Chronicle (July 21, 2009)
  116. Florida Mom Slain With Her 5 Children Endured Abuse, The New York Times (September 21, 2009)
    Fla. Man Charged in Slayings of Wife, 5 Kids, The New York Times (September 22, 2009)
    Florida Dad Accused of Killing Family Says "Bad Spirits" Made Him Do It, Fox News (October 13, 2009)
  117. Apparent murder-suicide leaves 7 dead in Grapevine, Star-Telegram (December 25, 2011)
    7 people shot dead in Texas home, motive unclear, San Francisco Gate (December 26, 2011)
    Texas shooting: Gunman "dressed as Santa" killed family, BBC News (December 26, 2011)
    Estranged Husband Dressed As Santa Blamed For Christmas Day Massacre, ABC News (December 27, 2011)
    Dad's "weird" text message referred to death in Grapevine, recipient says, Star-Telegram (December 27, 2011)
  118. 7 family members killed in North Carolina shooting, sheriff's office says
  119. "Seven bodies found in US search for missing teens, say Oklahoma police". BBC News. May 1, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  120. My Maternal Families
    Farmer destroys family, The New York Times (October 14, 1906)
    – Wipes out entire family, Eau Claire Sunday Leader (October 14, 1906)
    – An insane farmer wipes out family, The Fort Wayne Sentinel (October 13, 1906)
  121. Negro kills five companions, Mount Pleasant Daily News (June 27, 1916) (p. 1)
    Loses Nickel, kills five and himself, Kokomo Daily Tribune (June 27, 1916) (p. 3)
    Negro loses Nickel; kills four, The Pioneer Express (June 30, 1916)
    Negro loses Nickel; kills four, Cut Bank Pioneer Press (June 30, 1916)
    Six die in quarrel; result of crap game, Arkansas Democrat (June 26, 1916)