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Robert Spangler
An FBI photo of Spangler
Born
(1933-01-10)January 10, 1933
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Died
August 5, 2001(2001-08-05) (aged 68)
MCFP Springfield, Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Criminal status
Deceased
Conviction(s)
First degree murder (18 U.S.C. § 1111)
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment without parole
Details
Victims
4
Span of crimes
1978–1993
Country
United States
State(s)
Colorado and Arizona
Date apprehended
2000
Imprisoned at
MCFP Springfield
Robert Spangler (January 10, 1933 – August 5, 2001) was a serial killer who confessed to murdering his first and third wives and his two children.
On the morning of December 30, 1978, in Arapahoe County, Colorado, Robert Spangler lured his wife, Nancy, into the basement with the promise of a "surprise" and shot her in the head with a revolver. Going upstairs, he shot his teenage children, Susan and David; David was slow in dying, so Spangler smothered him with a pillow. Spangler then altered the scene to make it appear that his wife had shot their children and then herself. On April 11, 1993, after Spangler's third marriage to 58-year-old aerobics instructor Donna Sundling went sour, he took her hiking in the Grand Canyon and pushed her off a 140-foot (40 m) drop to her death.[1]
^"Dying Man Admits He Killed Four in Family". Los Angeles Times. 2000-10-22. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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