G.R. McANICH

Classification: Mass murderer
Characteristics: Parricide
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: October 31, 1937
Date of birth: 1905
Victims profile: Five of her seven children
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Norwalk, Iowa, USA
Status: Committed suicide by shooting herself the same day

Mrs. G.R. McAnich, 35, killed five of her seven children and then turned the gun on herself in Norwalk, Iowa on October 31, 1937.