5. Ronald Gene Simmons, Family Annihilator

Today we’re discussing a man who has the distinction of committing the deadliest case of familicide in US history, killing 14 family members and two others while on a several-days killing rampage during Christmas of 1987. Simmons killed his wife, children and grandchildren, and put a whole community on lockdown in the aftermath. References:Arkansas Democrat Gazelle https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/nov/13/the-devil-of-pope-county-episode-1-the-russellville-rampage/?crimeEncyclopedia of Arkansas: https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/ronald-gene-simmons-3731/Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Gene_Simmons