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Ray Gilbert PLATTER

Classification: Mass murderer

Characteristics: Parricide - Suicide pact with his wife

Number of victims: 4

Date of murders: April 14, 1939

Date of birth: April 24, 1905

Victims profile: His wife, Lena, 31, and their three children, Dwayne, 14; Joyce, 12; and Kenneth, 10

Method of murder: Shooting

Location: Ogden, Boone County, Iowa, USA

Status: Committed suicide by shooting himself the same day

Ogden, Iowa, April 14, 1939

Ray Platter, 33, and his wife, Lena, 31, and their three children, Dwayne, 14; Joyce, 12; and Kenneth, 10, were found shot to death in their home. Officials said Ray Platter killed his family members and then himself in a suicide pact with his wife.

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