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Montanzima Banks

Case from Wilkes-barre, PA dated Sep 25, 1982

Victim Details

Montanzima Banks

Female

White / Caucasian

Wilkes-barre

PA

1982-09-25

6

Montanzima

Banks

07/09/2026

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On a tragic morning in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, six-year-old Montanzima Banks's life was cut short in a horrifying act of violence. On September 25, 1982, she was murdered in her home, one of thirteen victims in a mass shooting perpetrated by George Emil Banks, a 40-year-old prison guard who was the father of five of the children he killed that day. The rampage, which remains one of the deadliest in Pennsylvania's history, unfolded across two locations.

The massacre began in the early ...
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  • Times Leader: 40 years later, detective haunted by Banks killings - Times Leader
  • 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings - Wikipedia
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