November 18, 1933St. Johns, ArizonaErnest Turley is shot by his daughter who had supposedly been instructed by a Ouija board to kill him The Turley family owned a ranch near St. Johns, Arizona and Ernest was in the ranch’s corral when he was shot. His 15-year-old daughter Mattie shot him in the back with a…
Man executed for the murder of family
November 15, 1960Fort Saskatchewan, AlbertaRobert Raymond Cook Jr (23) is hanged for the murder of his father, becoming the last person to be executed in Alberta On the night of June 27, 1959, Robert Raymond Cook Jr. was arrested on charges resulting from a fraudulent car transaction in which he had posed as his father…
Teen kills mother and stepfather, either because of resentment over chores or prolonged abuse
October 26, 2009Monte Vista, ColoradoJohn Caudle (14) kills his mother and stepfather Caudle prepared for the shootings the night before, by taking two .22-caliber handguns from the home’s gun safe and stored them in his bedroom. When Caudle came home after school on October 26, he later told authorities, his mother Joanne Rinebarger (34) began…
Man bludgeons parents to death with steak mallet
November 13, 1993Hambleton, Leicestershire, EnglandRoger Severs beats his parents — Eileen and Derek Severs (69 and 68 respectively) — to death with a steak mallet On November 13, Roger (37) bludgeoned Eileen and Derek in their home. He wrapped their bodies in a yellow blanket, drove them to a wooded area, and covered them with…
10-year-old shoots father, allegedly after prompts from stepmother
November 3, 2003Defiance, Ohio10-year-old Corey Breininger fatally shoots his father Robert, allegedly at the behest of his stepmother Judith Hawkey According to Corey during the initial investigation, he and his father had been talking when he accidentally fired a gun from across the room and struck Robert in the head. Corey attempted to perform CPR…