While many of these incidents take place in big cities (where people live in large concentrations), much like today, many are in very small towns, such as Merriman, Nebraska. I wonder if some of these are crimes of opportunity in places where there was no fear of opening the door to a stranger. They are often unknown as to reason.
Merriman, Nebr. (1952)
03/26/1952: An unknown person shot and killed the father,
wounded the mother, and a son. As the
mother called for help, the murderer circled the house and shot the mother
fatally as she held the phone. A neighbor,
unaware of what had happened approached the murderer’s car as he left and was
wounded. The murderer also shot to death
another neighbor who approached the murderer’s car.
Category: family non-resident
Suicide: no
Cause: unknown
Weapon: shotgun, pistol[1]
[1] "Ranchers
Hunt Murderer Who Slew 3 People", [Columbia City, Ind.] Commercial-Mail, Mar. 27, 1952, 1.
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