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Alma Ruppert

Case from Hamilton, OH dated Mar 30, 1975

Victim Details

Alma Allgeier Ruppert

Female

Hamilton

OH

1975-03-30

38

Alma

Ruppert

07/06/2026

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Alma Allgeier Ruppert, a 38-year-old woman of German descent, tragically lost her life on March 30, 1975, in Hamilton, Ohio. She was murdered along with her husband, Leonard Ruppert Jr., their eight children, and her mother-in-law, Charity Ruppert, in what became known as the Easter Sunday Massacre. The perpetrator was her brother-in-law, James Urban Ruppert, who was 41 years old at the time.

James Ruppert fatally shot all eleven family members in his mother's house at 635 Minor Avenue in ...
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  • Alma Allgeier Ruppert (1936-1975) - Memorials - Find a Grave
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