#james ruppert

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James Ruppert had always been jealous of his older brother, Leonard. Leonard worked at General Motors and had married James’ ex-girlfriend. James, on the other hand, was unemployed and a raging alcoholic. He was 41-years-old and lived with his mother. On Easter Sunday in 1975, in Hamilton, Ohio, the family threw a family get together at the home of James and his mother. Leonard, his wife, and their eight children arrived and the children hunted for Easter eggs in the garden. At around 16:00 pm, James finally awoke, hungover. He loaded an arsenal of firearms and went downstairs. The first person he killed was his brother, Leonard. Next, his ex-girlfriend, Leonard’s wife and his mother. He then turned the gun on his eight nephews and nieces. The entire spree took less than five minutes.

James then sat in the house for three hours, surrounded by his deceased family members before calling the police to surrender. He was convicted and is incarcerated at the Allen Correctional Institution in Lima.

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Police sketch of bodies left by James Ruppert's assault. He killed 5 children, 3 teenagers, 2 adults, and 1 elder. All of these people were his family and were mass murdered by Ruppert in Hamilton, Ohio.

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The Difference Between Serial and Mass Murder

Many people confuse mass murder and serial murder. In mass murder, a group of people is killed all at once, whereas serial murder describes the act of killing many people one at a time over a relatively long period of time. An example of mass murder is the murders in Hamilton, Ohio, on March 30, 1975, when James Ruppert shot to death eleven members of his family. In contrast, serial murderer John Wayne Gacy killed over thirty young boys in a period of a few years.

Also, mass murderers usually operate alone. Anger, resentment, and malice build up in them until they explode in solitary savagery. The same is not true of serial murders. There are more than a few serial murders that were committed by a duo; for example, Dean Coryll and Wayne Henley.