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Carol Diane Ruppert

Case from Hamilton, OH dated Mar 30, 1975

Victim Details

Carol Diane Ruppert

Female

White / Caucasian

Hamilton

OH

1975-03-30

13

Carol

Diane Ruppert

07/16/2026

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Carol Diane Ruppert, a 13-year-old girl of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost her life on March 30, 1975, in Hamilton, Ohio. She was one of the victims in what became known as the Easter Sunday Massacre. On that fateful day, her uncle, James Urban Ruppert, fatally shot 11 members of his family, including Carol's parents, her grandmother, and her seven siblings. The massacre took place in the family home on Minor Avenue in Hamilton's Lindenwald neighborhood.

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