Misery Murder

Five cases surrounded by murdering for hire with a sole purpose of either money or revenge. The five cases will be located in Joplin St. Louis Columbia Novinger and Saint Charles Missouri.

Seven family members annihilated in a small town with a population of 200 people. He almost got away with it leaving one family member framed for the case.

Sources:

https://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/supreme-court/1991/70584-0.html

https://apnews.com/article/61ca46fd614f5f003f50b559bb97178b

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14205286/james-eugene-schnick-charged-with-7/

https://thecinemaholic.com/who-were-james-schnicks-victims-where-is-he-now/

Years of life long abuse, led to an entire family being wiped out. Sources: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/mo-court-of-appeals/1342680.html. https://www.kmov.com/2022/01/21/emory-futo-inside-story-st-louis-massacre/?outputType=amp. American Monster S6 E5

A man obsessed with the movie Boondock Saints that lead to a family being murder. Edgerton Missouri sources: https://www.kmbc.com/amp/article/platte-county-man-grayden-denham-killed-4-family-members-sentenced/39231105. https://amp.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article256423071.html https://amp.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article75751077.html

Family Man of Bellefontaine, Missouri in 1903 annihilated has six children, wife, and turning it on to himself. Sources.: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24081248/krause-kills-family-1903/. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nEgBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3CgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2787,5347911&dq=. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19030313&id=z7dXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5_MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2902,2189923

Four cases of family annihilators throughout the state of Missouri in Bellefonte, Elkland, Kansas City, and St Louis.

John Winfield was sentenced to prison for two murders over his ex girlfriend. Was he fairly executed? Did he have a fair trial? Sources: https://www.missourinet.com/2014/06/18/missouri-executes-john-winfield-for-1996-double-murder-video/. http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/winfield1381.htm. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna12888

A transplant from Boston Massachusetts meets Mollie Powell growing a deep infatuation for wanting to get married. Rejection leads to murder.

Sources: https://www.phelpscountyfocus.com/the_focus_insider/article_e22c7478-368a-11ec-82c6-f390251a9a51.html

A mother of triplets goes missing, and all the red flags point to her husband that lead him straight to prison with a rare charge on his hands. Sources: https://fox2now.com/news/true-crime/a-missouri-man-killed-his-wife-in-2011-and-helped-write-the-book-about-it/amp/ https://www.semissourian.com/coverage/waller https://julesyus.medium.com/divorce-turned-ugly-jacque-waller-strangled-to-death-98da3ea87ef9 https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-waller-11

Pregnant mother and her 3 children murdered due to a jealously.

Sources:

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2017/10/26/when-greene-countys-last-death-penalty-case/794007001/

https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/delong-richard-ivan.htm

https://cm.news-leader.com/offers-reg/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news-leader.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2F2020%2F08%2F19%2Fson-infamous-springfield-killer-charged-murder%2F3399776001%2F

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-crime/c/zTc_YRjQMOM?pli=1

https://kevincarson.com/2019/01/19/a-story-of-hope-in-the-midst-of-murder-20-years-later/amp/

https://secure.in.gov/ipdc/files/Short-Building-Defense-Team.pdf