John List, Murdered His Entire Family.

[Faline]

I looked for him on here and found a post with the pictures removed. So...

John List shot his entire family in their home. He was captured in 1989 after nearly two decades on the loose. List died in prison in 2008.



John Emil List (September 17, 1925 - March 21, 2008) was an American murderer. On November 9, 1971, he murdered his mother, wife and three children in Westfield, New Jersey, and then disappeared. He had planned everything so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss. List killed: his wife, Helen, 45; his children, Patricia, 16, John, Jr., 15, and Frederick, 13; and mother, Alma, 84. He had used his father's 9mm Steyr automatic handgun and his own .22 caliber revolver in the murders. He first shot his wife in the back of the head and his mother once in the left eye, while his children were at school. When Patricia and Frederick came home, they were shot in the back of the head. John, Jr., the oldest son, was playing in a soccer game that afternoon. List made himself lunch and then drove to watch John play. He brought his son home and then shot him once in the back of the head. List saw John twitch as if he were having a seizure and shot him again. It was later determined that List had shot his eldest son at least ten times. List dragged his dead wife and children, on sleeping bags, into the ballroom of their 19-room Victorian home after each kill.




He then cleaned up the crime scene, turned on all the lights, and switched on the radio. He left his mother's body in her apartment in the attic and stated in a letter to his pastor on his desk in his study that "Mother is in the attic. She was too heavy to move."


In the letter, List also claimed he had prayed over the bodies before going on the run. The deaths were not discovered for a month, due to the Lists' reclusiveness. Moreover, List had also sent notes stating that the family would be in North Carolina for several weeks to the children's schools and part-time jobs and had stopped the family's milk, mail and newspaper deliveries, he also took money from his mother and his bank account. List then fled in his Chevrolet Impala.

The case quickly became the second most infamous crime in New Jersey history, surpassed only by the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh Baby. A nationwide manhunt for List was launched. His Chevy Impala was found parked at Kennedy Airport, but there was no record of his taking a flight. The police checked out hundreds of leads without results.

A fugitive from justice for nearly 18 years, he was finally apprehended on June 1, 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on America's Most Wanted. List was found guilty and sentenced to five terms of life imprisonment, dying in prison custody in 2008 at age 82.

[Psychonautical]

Wow, crazy to see how he thought he only shot his son twice. But in reality had shot him ten times.

Really great post, nice photos and I love good information.

[Cajun]

Dammm his twig sure snapped! Great Post Kelly!

[kellyhound]

Looks like a geeky dork.

[Viking64]

Originally Posted by kellyhound

Looks like a geeky dork.

Look at his son!

[1Monster666]

old fart

[~Z~]

Sick & Pro-Active. Nice post!

[MrBojangles73]

Haunting pictures Kelly

[vexacon]

Oddly enough, List had something very precious in his house that would have bailed him out of his money troubles. There was a fancy glass window, which at that time, was worth over $100,000.00. The maker of the window.............

TIFFANYS!

[redsin7]

good post