On a tragic spring afternoon in 1940, the life of Ruth Elizabeth Sturgeon, a 45-year-old female art teacher, was cut short in a shocking act of violence that reverberated through the community of South Pasadena, California. On May 6th, Verlin Spencer, the 37-year-old principal of South Pasadena Junior High School, embarked on a shooting rampage that would leave five people dead and forever mark the town's history.
Spencer's deadly path began at the school district's headquarters, where he
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