Ronald Gene Simmons - Mass Murderer

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Ronald Gene Simmons killed 14 members of his family plus two others

Ronald Gene Simmons was a retired Air Force Sergeant. Over the Christmas holidays in 1987, he methodically executed 14 members of his family: 6 daughters, 3 sons, 2 grandsons, 1 son-in-law, 1 daughter-in-law and his wife. (One of his daughters was also his granddaughter)Two days later, he went into town and killed two others.

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Ronald Gene Simmons - Mass Murderer 

Story of Ronald Gene Simmons Mass Murderer in Dover and Russellville Arkansas

Just before Christmas 1987, Russellville, Arkansas, Ronald Gene Simmons made a conscious decision to kill all the members of his family. On the morning of 22 December he first bludgeoned and shot his son Gene and his long-suffering wife Rebecca; then he strangled his three-year-old daughter Barbara. After having a beer, Simmons dumped the bodies in the cesspit he had made his children dig. Now Simmons sat back and awaited the return of his other children. When they arrived off the bus he said he had presents for them but wanted to give them one at a time. First to receive her 'gift' was eldest daughter, seventeen-year-old Loretta, who Simmons strangled and held under the water in the rain barrel. The three other children, Eddy, Marianne and Becky were dispatched in a similarly callous manner.

Around midday on 26 December, the remaining members of the family arrived for their planned Christmas visit; it was to be their last Christmas. The first to die was Simmons' son Billy and daughter-in-law Renata, both shot dead; then his grandson Trae was strangled and drowned; then daughter Sheila and her husband Dennis McNulty were shot. Ronald Simmons' child by his own daughter, christened Sylvia Gail, was strangled, and finally grandson Michael. Simmons laid the bodies of his whole family in neat rows in the lounge. All the corpses were covered with coats except that of Sheila, who was laid in state covered by Mrs Simmons' best tablecloth. The bodies of the two grandsons were wrapped in plastic sheeting and left in abandoned cars at the end of the lane. After popping out for a drink in a local bar Simmons returned to the house and, apparently oblivious of the corpses lined up around him, spent the next two nights and the Sunday drinking beer and watching television.

On the Monday morning Ronald Simmons drove into Russellville and at a law office shot dead a young woman named Kathy Kendrick, who for some reason he blamed for many of his problems. Next stop on his murderous tour was an oil company office where Simmons shot dead a man named J.D Chaffin and wounded the owner. He then drove on to a store where he shot and wounded two more people. Now on to another office where he shot and wounded a woman. And that was the end of his killing spree. Simmons simply sat in the office and chatted to one of the secretaries while waiting for the police. When they arrived he handed over his gun and surrendered without any resistance.

Simmons was charged with sixteen counts of murder, found guilty and sentenced to death. On 31 May Arkansas governor (later president) Bill Clinton signed Simmons execution warrant, and on 25 June 1990 he died, as he had chosen to do, by lethal injection.

Holidays Of Horror Song 

written about Ronald Gene Simmons

Holidays Of Horror

Simmons went crazy
Murdered sixteen
Fourteen of them family
He killed them
For the holidays

Merry Christmas
He gunned his family down
His bullets were their presents
Dead relatives all around

Happy New Year
One they won't be here to see
It's the holiday of horror
Because of Ronald Gene Simmons

He built a wall
Around his trailer home
So the neighbours would leave him alone
And he didn't want them to see
How he abused his family

Merry Christmas
He gunned his family down
His bullets were their presents
Dead relatives all around

Happy New Year
One they won't be here to see
It's the holiday of horror
Because of Ronald Gene Simmons

(All lyrics by Macabre)

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Wikipedia on Ronald Gene Simmons 

Murdered 16 people 14 of which was his own family

Ronald Gene Simmons, Sr. (15 July 1940 - 25 June 1990) was a retired United States Air Force sergeant who killed sixteen people, fourteen of whom were members of his family, and wounded four others.

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Zero at the Bone 

Story of Ronald Gene Simmons Mass Murderer

Zero at the Bone, Story of Gene Simmons Mass Murderer (Paperback)
by Bryce Marshall (Author), Paul Williams (Author)
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The story of Ronald Gene Simmons and the worst family mass murder in US history. These murders actually happened in Dover, AR
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Until I picked up this book, I had no idea about the crimes committed by Gene Simmons not the Kiss musician but a man who tortured, abused, traumatized, dehumanized, etc. of his own wife, children, and relatives. Gene Simmons was a war hero who earned a Bronze Medal for his services during Vietnam. Despite a military career, Gene's obsession with order and documentation and the control of his own large family. On December 22, 1987, the book begins with an introduction of the crime about a man murdering his own family before Christmas in the Ozarks of Arkansas.

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Ronald Gene Simmons #131
Ronald Gene Simmons Executed June 25, 1990 by Lethal Injection in Arkansas
11th murderer executed in U.S. in 1990
131st murderer executed in U.S. since 1976
2nd murderer executed in Arkansas in 1990
2nd murderer executed in Arkansas since 1976
Lasting wounds: The 20th anniversary of the Ronald Gene Simmons killings
On the morning of Dec. 28, 1987, Pope County Sheriff Jay Winters reported to work as usual. Then a lieutenant in charge of jail supervision, he, like many others, was coming off a long holiday weekend.
Across town, at Peel Law Offices, 24-year-old Kathy Kendrick returned to her secretarial job, joining in the lazy bustle of the sleepy days immediately following Christmas when the courts are dead, the news is slow and the coming New Year's holiday provides an excuse to wait just a few more days to let go of the gentle cocoon Dec. 25 somehow weaves.
From conviction to execution of Ronald Gene Simmons
John Harris, one of two court-appointed defense attorneys for RONALD GENE SIMMONS Sr., said the two trials in which his client was convicted of capital murder twice over were "anticlimactic" for both he and Simmons. Rather, it was questions that were raised, but never adequately answered, in the aftermath of the trials, when Simmons' right to waive an appeal was called into question, that were the "true significance" of the case, Harris said.

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Rufus Leaking wrote

Mr. Simmons sounded like a lovely man.

Reply Posted June 25, 2009

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diana sullivan wrote

Hi, my husband used to work in the same bldg as sgt simmons. His wife had a friend who
used to babysit my daughter. The friend lived across the street from us in Midwest city ok.My
husband was stationed at tinker afb. To make a long story short, we then moved to calif
ab out the time the zodiac killer was doing his "thing". When they posted a composite
drawing of the zodiac, my husband and I both said (at the same time), oh my god - it's
sgt simmons.

Reply Posted May 17, 2009

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carol l. wrote

My husband and I purchased the trailor and land in Camden, Ar., where Sheila and Dennis Mcnulty and their two children lived. I used to see a little boy with blonde hair and a litttle girl with long dark hair in my yard. They would just be there and gone just as suddenly. There was also a dinnette set in the trailor, and on the underside were children's drawings. The place was really spooky, I did not at the time of purchase, know who the previous owners were. For more stories of the strange occurrances at the trailor, email me at: cruella_42@yahoo.com

Reply Posted March 03, 2009

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unanimous wrote

in reply to natasha trammell
Hi Natasha Trammell, you remember seeing Trae? If you have an e-mail, I would like to have it so I may add you and talk about the horrible incident if you recall anything on it. God bless ya.
unanimous

Reply Posted January 23, 2009

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unanimous wrote

in reply to natasha trammell
Hi Natasha Trammell, you remember seeing Trae? If you have an e-mail, I would like to have it so I may add you and talk about the horrible incident if you recall anything on it. God bless ya.
unanimous

Reply Posted January 23, 2009

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unanimous wrote

in reply to natasha trammell
Hi Natasha Trammell, you remember seeing Trae? If you have an e-mail, I would like to have it so I may add you and talk about the horrible incident if you recall anything on it. God bless ya.
unanimous

Reply Posted January 23, 2009

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unanimous wrote

in reply to natasha trammell
Hi Natasha Trammell, you remember seeing Trae? If you have an e-mail, I would like to have it so I may add you and talk about the horrible incident if you recall anything on it. God bless ya.
unanimous

Reply Posted January 23, 2009

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kudosman wrote

in reply to levitator40 I'm glad to find someone that may have information about the Simmons case. Not long after the murders took place, I not living further than 60 miles from where it all happened........took a ride with others to see the location. I can remember seeing the house upon a hillside, rather trashy looking. But for the life of me I cant't remember where the Simmons house was located after all these years. If you have info as to the address location and hopefully a map depicting the location, I would surely appreciate it. You can contact me by email at irandy9696@yahoo.com

Reply Posted December 15, 2008

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levitator40 wrote

i have been studying the Simmons Case for at least 3 years now and if anyone has any info they would like to share that would be great!

Reply Posted November 19, 2008

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unanimous wrote

Hey,
I am kin to 3 of the people Simmons murdered....Trae, Renata and Bill. They were my cousins. I loved them dearly. Ok-ok-ok, I was a baby at the time of their murders but I still remember them though even at that young an age. I have a memory of my cousin Trae and I crying because as both babies as he and I were, he and I took a play-toy from one another which had us crying, then my aunt started crying because she saw us two then-kids crying

Reply Posted October 06, 2008

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natasha trammell wrote

yes i heard of him his son and daughter in law and the trae lived behind me when i was a child i remember looking out my window into theirs and seeing the empty babybed sitting by the window

Reply Posted September 19, 2008

paperfacets wrote...

21 years after this news in the paper I found out what happened to him. Thanks.

ReplyPosted August 11, 2008

charlino wrote...

Interesting brief about a ticking time bomb that went off. #94 - Well done.

ReplyPosted May 24, 2008

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