On June 28, 1997, James Murphy, a 27-year-old man from Joliet, Illinois, was tragically killed in a violent incident that claimed the lives of four people. The events unfolded in Marseilles, a small town in north-central Illinois, approximately 30 miles west of Joliet.
The primary suspect in this case was Charles Smith, a 53-year-old man who was the estranged boyfriend of Cindy Benson, James Murphy's sister-in-law. According to authorities, the killing spree began on Friday night when Smi
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