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Leonard Ruppert

Case from Hamilton, OH dated Mar 30, 1975

Victim Details

Leonard Rudolph Ruppert, III

Male

White / Caucasian

Hamilton

OH

1975-03-30

17

Leonard

Ruppert

07/11/2026

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Leonard Rudolph Ruppert III, a 17-year-old male of German descent from Hamilton, Ohio, tragically lost his life on March 30, 1975. Leonard was one of eleven victims in what became known as the Easter Sunday Massacre. The perpetrator, James Urban Ruppert, Leonard's uncle, fatally shot his entire family in their Hamilton home. The massacre claimed the lives of Leonard's parents, his grandmother, and his seven siblings, ranging in age from 4 to 17 years old.

James Urban Ruppert, aged 41 at t ...
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