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On New Year's Day in 1969, a festive family gathering in Westernville, New York, turned into a scene of unimaginable horror. Anita Turke MacLachlan, a 31-year-old female, was tragically killed in a mass shooting perpetrated by her own husband. The horrific events unfolded as families and neighbors were celebrating the holiday, forever marking the community with the memory of that day's violence.

The perpetrator was identified as Ralph Edwin MacLachlan, a 37-year-old meat cutter and church ...Read More
Victim Details

Anita Turke MacLachlan

Female

Westernville

NY

1969-01-01

33

Anita

Turke MacLachlan

01/09/2026