The Easter Sunday Massacre occurred on Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975, when James Urban Ruppert fatally shot eleven of his own family members in his mother's house at 635 Minor Avenue in Hamilton, Ohio. Ruppert was tried and found guilty on two counts of aggravated murder, but not guilty on the other nine counts by reason of insanity.

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The 1975 Easter massacre: Uncle Jimmy Ruppert kills his family - New York Daily News (nydailynews.com)

A Motive Is Sought in Slaying of 11 in a Family in Ohio - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

“Easter Sunday Massacre” wikipedia.org

“Parole Hearing Not Due Til 95” by John R. Clark, The Cincinnati Enquirer

“Officials Share Bitter Memories Of Ritter Case” by John R. Clark, The Cincinnati Enquirer

“Ruppert Chronology” The Cincinnati Enquirer

“Living in a murder house: Hamilton mom copes with her home's dark past” by Maxim Alter, WCPO 9 News

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