March 4, 1921Iron Mountain, MissouriLuettia Parsons (13) fatally shoots her 6-year-old stepdaughter Luettia† had married John Parsons (38) on February 26, 1921. Six days later, Luettia shot her 6-year-old stepdaughter Lillie†† Parsons in the face with a shotgun. Luettia, dubbed the “baby bride of the Ozarks” due to her young age, was arrested and brought…
Man killed by a group which included 5 teens, in retaliation for an alleged sexual assault
February 10, 1987Neosho, MissouriJohn Hill (34) is beaten and stabbed to death in his home Thanks to reader Cade for suggesting the topic of this article! Shortly before the murder, Jennifer Fair (19) told a group of her friends she had been sexually assaulted by Hill. The group — composed of Fair, Fair’s friend Lisa…
Siblings, ages 12 and 13, shoot their father’s girlfriend to death
January 6, 1999Port St. John, FloridaSiblings Curtis and Catherine Jones (ages 12 and 13, respectively) shoot their father’s girlfriend Sonya Speights (29) to death Thanks to reader Cade for suggesting the topic of this article! Curtis and Catherine waited for their father to leave the house, then fired upon Speights as she worked on a…
Couple beaten to death in home by the leader of a “vampire cult”
November 25, 1996Eustis, FloridaRichard Wendorf and Naomi Ruth Queen are bludgeoned to death in their home by the leader of a so-called vampire cult On November 25, the couple’s 17-year-old daughter came home from school to find her parents’ bodies. Both had been bludgeoned to death with a crowbar, each receiving 20-30 blows to the…
Teen stabs, shoots mother after argument
April 6, 2017 Champaign County, Ohio Donovan Nicholas (14) stabs his mother Heidi Fay Taylor (40) over 60 times and shoots her in the head Taylor was not married to Nicholas’ father nor was she Nicholas’ biological mother, though she had been the sole mother figure in his life and Nicholas called her “mom.” The…