| Ethel Geller | |
|---|---|
| |
| Background information | |
| Occupation | Newspaper vendor |
| Born | ca. 1885 |
| Died |
May 16, 1930 (aged 44) |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Attack information | |
| Date | May 6, 1930 |
| Location(s) | Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Target(s) | Family |
| Killed | 7 |
| Weapon(s) | .22-caliber revolver |
Ethel Geller was an American newspaper vendor who killed seven of her children in Columbus, Ohio, United States on May 6, 1930, before committing suicide.
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Victims[]
- Eldon Geller, 19, her son
- Elaine Yeldem, 10, her daughter
- Eleanor Yeldem, 9, her daughter
- Byron Yeldem, 8, her son
- Wayne Yeldem, 7, her son
- Alan Yeldem, 3, her son
- Alice Yeldem, 3, her daughter
References[]
- ↑ Kills seven children, then shoots herself, The New York Times (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Faced by poverty, mother sends bullets into hearts of seven of her children, The Evening Independent (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Ohio mother kills 7 children in bed, The Sandusky Register (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Mother who killed seven children dies, Chicago Daily Tribune (May 17, 1930)
- ↑ Wearied of trying, woman takes lives of her 7 children, Ottawa Citizen (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Kills seven children as they sleep, Sarasota Herald-Tribune (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Mother shoots seven children, wounds herself, The Tuscaloosa News (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Mother has photo taken, kills 7, The Pittsburgh Press (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Frantic mother kills children; insane, belief, St. Petersburg Times (May 16, 1930)
- ↑ Mother shoots her 7 children, The Idaho Falls Post (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Mother kills 7 of her 10 children, wounds self, Painesville Telegraph (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Mother kills 7 children, The Portsmouth Times (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Mother has children's picture taken - kills seven, The Portsmouth Times (May 8, 1930)
- ↑ Mother slays seven, suicide try is futile, The Toledo News-Bee (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Mother kills seven children, Youngstown Vindicator (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Woman, killer of 7, succumbs, The Southeast Missourian (May 16, 1930)
- ↑ Mother, killer of 7, dies of bullet wound, Youngstown Vindicator (May 16, 1930)
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- ↑ 21/Cortland NY Standard/Cortland NY Standard 1930/Cortland NY Standard 1930 - 0935.pdf, [[Wikipedia:|]] ()
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- ↑ [fultonhistory.com/Newspapers 23/Elmira NY Star Gazette/Elmira NY Star Gazette 1930/Elmira NY Star Gazette 1930 - 2556.pdf], [[Wikipedia:|]] ()
- ↑ Inside story of Ohio's prison holocaust, [[Wikipedia:|]] ()
- ↑ Mother slays 7 children, The Southeast Missourian (May 9, 1930)
- ↑ Mother slays seven children, The Milwaukee Journal (May 7, 1930)
- ↑ Woman kills 7 children; wounds self, The Southeast Missourian (May 7, 1930)
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