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Simon
Peter NELSON |
Simon Peter Nelson, 76, is serving a 100- to 200-year prison
sentence
for murdering his six children in 1978 in Rockford.
Six children of Simon Peter and Ann Nelson were found slain in this
Rockford home on the morning
of Jan. 7, 1978. In the family photo,
seated with Nelson and his wife Ann, are David (from left), 3;
Matthew, 7; and Roseann, 6. Standing are Andrew, 8; Jenny, 12; and
Simon Peter III, 10.
Police officers remove a body from the Nelson home at 1425 Camp
Ave. in Rockford, Jan. 7, 1978.
Charlie, the family cat, was the only survivor found inside the
Nelson home Jan. 7, 1978.
Simon Peter Nelson killed his six children and the family dog.
Father Bill Wentink walks outside the Nelson home at 1425 Camp
Ave. in Rockford, Jan. 7, 1978.
Police officers remove a body from the Nelson home at 1425 Camp
Ave. in Rockford, Jan. 7, 1978.
Police officers work outside the Nelson home at 1425 Camp Ave. in
Rockford, Jan. 7, 1978.
Simon Peter Nelson killed his six children with a knife and rubber mallet while they slept
in their beds in the
early morning hours of Jan. 7, 1978.
Ann Nelson is led by her attorney, Karl Winkler, from the
Milwaukee Public
Safety Builing, to make a return trip to Rockford.
Police rope off the Nelson home at 1425 Camp Ave. in Rockford,
Jan. 7, 1978.
Police officers remove evidence from the Nelson home at 1425 Camp
Ave. in Rockford, Jan. 7, 1978.
Police officers remove a body from the Nelson home at 1425 Camp
Ave. in Rockford, Jan. 7, 1978.
Police officers remove a body from the Nelson home at 1425 Camp
Ave. in Rockford, Jan. 7, 1978.
Police officers remove a body from the Nelson home at 1425 Camp
Ave. in Rockford, Jan. 7, 1978.
Police officers secure the Nelson home at 1425 Camp Ave. in
Rockford on Jan. 7, 1978.
Police officers remove a body from the Nelson home at 1425 Camp
Ave. in Rockford on Jan. 7, 1978.
The inside of the Nelson home at 1425 Camp Ave. in Rockford is
pictured.
Simon Peter Nelson cries during his extradition hearing in
Milwaukee, where he was arrested for the murders
of his six children.
After killing his children while they slept in their Rockford home,
Nelson drove to a
Milwaukee hotel to beat his wife, Ann, who was
seeking a divorce. Nelson waived extradition and was
transferred to
the Winnebago County Public Safety Building in Rockford, where he
was held without bond.
This home, located on Camp Avenue in Rockford, is the scene of
the 1978 murders of the six Nelson children.
Simon Peter Nelson walks to a hearing in Rockford on Monday, Jan.
9, 1978.
Nelson, charged with the murders of his six children, did
not enter a plea at the hearing.
Simon Peter Nelson prison photo
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