Easter Day killer of 11 family members dead at age 88
James Ruppert shot and killed 11 members of his own family on Easter Day 1975. Eight of the victims were children
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James Ruppert shot and killed 11 members of his own family on Easter Day 1975. Eight of the victims were children
“There’s been a shooting,” a voice said. “Dead. They’re dead.”
Article content On that Sunday morning 46 years ago, an 8-year-old girl delivered an Easter basket to her neighbour’s house. When she returned home, she told her dad that Charity Ruppert was excited her whole family was coming for Easter dinner. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or CRIME HUNTER: Easter Sunday massacre of Ohio family stunned U.S. Back to video Leonard Ruppert piled his eight children into his black van and drove to his mother’s house in Hamilton, Ohio — about 50 kilometres from Cincinnati. It was March 30, 1975. “They all d...