John List, Murdered His Entire Family.

[Shelbeano ^-^]

Originally Posted by viking64

I am enjoying but I didn't say anything, Shelby!!!

I would have called you SJ, but we already have one of those on DR!!! :)

Wtf????

[stuie75]

Yep good post. I like to read the story....im not all about gore.

Good to see the scumbag got caught.

[wickedqueenwicker]

I haven't seen these here, but that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't here. Pretty brutal stuff. Here's some info about the murders from Wikipedia:

List killed his entire family: his wife, Helen, 45; his children, Patricia, 16, John, Jr., 15, and Frederick, 13; and his 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 (431 Hillside Avenue, Westfield, NJ) after each kill.[1] 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 sent notes to the children's schools and part-time jobs stating that the family would be in North Carolina for several weeks, and had stopped the family's milk, mail and newspaper deliveries. He took money from his bank account, as well as his mother's bank account, 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 Impala was found parked at Kennedy Airport, but there was no record of his taking a flight.[1] The police checked out hundreds of leads without results.[2]

John List moved to Colorado and assumed the identity Robert "Bob" Clark and in 1985 married widow Delores Miller.


List was on the lam for 20 years. He died in prison in 2008.

[Airbornemama]

Nice info and pic's!! Thanks

[MisterX]

nice i have not seen the death pics before vie heard the story multiple times on tv its so tragic and its fascinating how john list planned and got away with it for so long

[SnowBun]

On the left, the real John List, on the right the bust created by forensic art wonder Frank Bender. He made a sculpture that looked so much like him, right down to the crappy glasses he wore. That's what caught him after 18 years living his life. What a piece of shit he is.
Died in prison and no one ever claimed his body

[quetza]

i've read about this many times, but never saw any pics. good post

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by SnowBun

On the left, the real John List, on the right the bust created by forensic art wonder Frank Bender.

I wonder if Frank Bender can make me a forensic bust of my missus to show me what she will look like in 18 years time.
He could do me a model of her entire body and that way I will know if she gonna get a fat arse and droopy tits!!!
I could leave her now and not waste the next 18 years of my life!!!!!!!!!!!.........or hers come to think of it because she could get one done of me.....YIKES!!!

nice posts everyone..plenty of info and awesome pics

[chiefTbon]

cool story

[bittersweet808]

wonder if that house is still in structure?
if it is...im sure its haunted