July 15, 1940 - Ronald Gene Simmons

What distinguished Simmons from other mass killers was the insularity of his violence — the majority of his victims were members of his own household, bound to him by blood and dependency. His crimes unfolded over the course of a week in late 1987, beginning within the family he had long controlled through isolation and abuse, and extending outward to two others with whom he had unfinished grievances. He declined to appeal his death sentences, a posture consistent with someone who had already determined the outcome he wanted.

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Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. (July 15, 1940 – June 25, 1990) was an American spree killer and former military serviceman who murdered 16 people, including 14 members of his own family, over a week in December 1987 in Arkansas. The killings, centered at his home near Dover and later at several public locations, remain the deadliest familicide and mass murder in Arkansas history. Simmons, a retired U.S. Navy and Air Force veteran, was convicted in two trials, sentenced to death, waived all appeals, and was executed by lethal injection in 1990 — the first person executed by that method in Arkansas. His refusal to appeal led to the U.S. Supreme Court case Whitmore v.

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