Family portrait of Leonard and Alma Ruppert and their eight children
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
Date
March 30, 1975; 49 years ago (1975-03-30)
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, familicide, matricide, fratricide, pedicide
Weapons
.357 Magnum handgun Two .22-caliber handguns
Deaths
11
Injured
0
Perpetrator
James Urban Ruppert
Motive
Revenge for being bullied by mother and brother; psychosis and paranoia[1]
Verdict
Guilty on two counts of aggravated murder Not guilty on nine counts of aggravated murder by reason of insanity
Charges
Aggravated murder (11 counts)
Sentence
Two consecutive life sentences (died before parole opportunity in 2025)
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The Easter Sunday Massacre occurred on Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975, when 41 year-old James U. Ruppert fatally shot eleven members of his own family in his mother's house at 635 Minor Avenue in Hamilton, Ohio.[2][3]
Ruppert was tried and found guilty on two counts of aggravated murder, but not guilty on the other nine counts by reason of insanity. He received two life sentences, to be served consecutively at Allen Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio, and the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. He was moved to Franklin Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio in 2019 because of his declining health.
James Ruppert died from natural causes on June 4, 2022 while incarcerated at the Franklin Medical Center. Ruppert was 88 at the time of his death.[4]
It is the deadliest shooting by a lone perpetrator in the state of Ohio.
^"James Ruppert, 48, described as a paranoid pyschotic who..."
^The Encyclopedia of Mass Murder ISBN 0-7472-0897-2 p.244
^"Living in a Murder House: Hamilton Mom Copes with her Home's Dark Past". wcpo.com. October 8, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^"Man who killed 11 relatives in Easter shooting dies at 88". AP News. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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