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Lorne J. Acquin
Lorne J. Acquin (March 21, 1950 – June 2015) was an American mass murderer who killed his foster brother's wife, her seven children, and their niece in their home at Cedar Hill Drive in Prospect, Connecticut, on July 22, 1977, by beating them to death with a tire iron. He afterward set fire to the building and escaped, but was arrested the following day and sentenced to 105 years in prison two years later. It was the largest mass murder in Connecticut history until the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Murders On Friday, July 22, 1977, Lorne J. Acquin went to the home of his foster brother Fred Beaudoin, who was at work at the time, and killed the latter's wife Cheryl, their seven children, and a niece of theirs by bludgeoning them to death with a tire iron. Acquin also sexually molested one of the children, 10-year-old Sharon Lee Beaudoin, before killing her. He afterward spread gasoline around the house, set it on fire, and escaped. The charred body of Cheryl Beaudo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution
The MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution is a Level 4 & 5 (high & maximum) security level multi-mission facility for adult males, in Suffield, Connecticut. Based on its inmates population, it is the largest correctional facility in New England. It came into being on May 15, 2001, as the result of the merge between the ''Walker Reception and Special Management Unit'' and the ''MacDougall Correctional Institution''. Combined the facility resides on 140 acres. The Staff & Inmates Population consists of (as of January 1, 2013): *Accused: 264 *Sentenced: 1,785 *Total: 2,049 *Staff: 678 Notable Inmates * Lorne J. Acquin - Mass Murderer. * Richard Crafts Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ... - Woodchipper Murderer. * Jesse Velez - Pedophile featured on Hansen vs Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 In Connecticut
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
