April 9, 2003 Jarratt, Virginia Earl Bramblett is executed for the murder of the Hodges family, including their young daughters In August 1994, the Hodges were murdered in their home before a fire was started to destroy evidence. Mr. Hodges and his 2 children, Anah (3) and Winter (11), were shot in the head while…
Man kills 5, self in rampage attack
April 9, 2002 Dover, New Jersey Edward Lutes, Jr. kills 5 of his neighbors and wounds his boss before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound Lutes, a former police officer, had reportedly had issues with his neighbors in the past, and neighborhood teenagers claimed he had requested they egg the neighbors' houses. On April…
Illustrated Police News: girl frightened to death by costumed prankster
From the Illustrated Police News Published April 9, 1881 A practical joke ends tragically The article accompanying this illustration reads: “A most melancholy and painful occurrence took place at Halifax on Thursday last week. It appears that at the house of a wealthy inhabitants of the town — or rather, more correctly speaking, on the…
Vintage crime scene: gunshot victim in car (1950)
April 9, 1950 Los Angeles, California A police officer is seen through the window of a car, investigating the death scene of an unidentified man
Franklin Regional High School stabbing
April 9, 2014 Murrysville, Pennsylvania A 16-year-old high school student dual-wielding kitchen knives goes on a stabbing spree at his high school, wounding 22 including himself 21 of the 22 stabbing victims were students between 14 and 17. The school's assistant principal was able to subdue attacker Alex Hribal, and police secured the school within…
