March 28, 1980 Melbourne, Florida John Bradford (53) is fatally beaten in his home John and his wife, Priscilla Bradford (36), had had marital difficulties culminating with Priscilla filing for divorce. In her divorce suit, Priscilla alleged she had been the victim of spousal abuse during their three-and-a-half-year marriage. However, John filed a countersuit claiming…
Man poisons 17, kills 5 to save himself “disrepute in his community”
March 28, 1961 Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan Masaru Okunishi (奥西勝) kills his wife, mistress, and three others with poison The mass poisoning occurred during a March 28 meeting of the Livelihood Improvement Group; Okunishi was the chairman of the group. Investigators found the wine served at the meeting was laced with agrochemicals, and 17 women…