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On December 22, 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons started a killing spree. This was the worst mass murder in Arkansas history and the worst crime involving one family. Simmons rampage ended on December 28, 1987, leaving fourteen dead of his immediate family and two former coworkers. Ronald Simmons was born on July ,15, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois.{www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=3731.} . His mother was Loretta Simmons and father was William Simmons. William Simmons died of a stroke on January 31, 1943, his mother was the only living at that time. In a year Simmons’s mother married again, this time to William D. Griffen{.www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=3731.} …show more content…

Simmons was fearing arrest so he and his family headed to Lonoke County in 1981. They headed to Dover which is located in Pope County in the summer of 1983. The family bought a thirteen-acre tract of land, we call it the “ Mockingbird Hill”. The home constructed of two older-model mobile homes and formed one larger home. The residence was surrounded by a privacy fence, some of the areas was as tall as 10 feet high. The home didn’t have a telephone or indoor plumbing. …show more content…

They were killed of strangulation and drowning in a rain barrel. Their bodies were found in the hole for the outhouse.www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=3731. The older children were invited to the resident on December 26,1987 for Christmas dinner. William Simmons the second and his wife Renta May Simmons and their son arrived first, they were from Fordyce. Willam and Renata were, shot their bodies were left by the dining room table, and covered with their own coats and some bedding.www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=3731. The twenty-month son was killed and put into a trunk of a car on the residents. Next to arrive was his daughter Sheila and her husband Dennis Raymond McNulty and their children Sylvia which was the daughter of Sheila and her father and their son Michael. Sheila was shot, and her body was laid on the dining room table. Sheila was covered with tablecloth

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