Saturday, January 31, 2026

Complexities of Categories

 For this incredibly long research project, I have sometimes needed to expand particular descriptors: what sort of location (work, school, public place, residence, other private location)? Cause has been a surprisingly straightforward one.  There are cases for which no single cause really fits. This is one where first reports suggests divorce. The next report got a bit weird: not really at work, but work-related as well as confused relationships.

Hollywood, Fla. (1968)

08/07/1968: “Estranged husband of one of the daughters,” 31, forced entry into Phil Wein stein’s home, shooting him, his wife and two of the three daughters to death before suicide.  (The third child was found by police hiding under the bed, unharmed.) Police later explained that the murderer had worked for the father’s law firm. He was fired because of “An intra-family love triangle involving two young sisters one of them, his wife.”

Category: family non-resident

Suicide: yes

Cause: other

Weapon: pistol[1]



[1] "Gunman Slays 4 In Family, Kills Self," Orlando Sentinel, Aug. 08, 1968, 24;  “Man Slays 4 In Family, Kills Self,” [Elmira, N.Y.] Star-Gazette, Aug. 08, 1968, 4.


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