Today we’re discussing a man who has the distinction of committing the deadliest case of familicide in US history, killing 14 family members and two others while on a several-days killing rampage during Christmas of 1987. Simmons killed his wife, children and grandchildren, and put a whole community on lockdown in the aftermath.

References:

• Arkansas Democrat Gazelle https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/nov/13/the-devil-of-pope-county-episode-1-the-russellville-rampage/?crime

• Encyclopedia of Arkansas: