Tampa, Fla. (1933)
10/17/1933: An “allegedly insane drug addict, hacked to
death his mother, father, sister and two brothers…. He appeared in a daze and gave coherent replies to questions…. Friends of
the family told police that [the son] was a habitual smoker of marajuna [sic] and
had been known to be insane for more than two years but that his family had
refused to place him in an institution.”
Later coverage revealed that he “was once named in a lunacy petition
which was later withdrawn when the family maintained they could care for him at home." He later denied his role but
described a dream in which “he was being tortured by family members, ‘had pains
in my stomach’ and later saw ‘real blood’ dripping from an axe.”
Category: family
Suicide: no
Cause: mental illness
Weapon: ax[1]
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