David Dempsey

In a tragic and horrifying event that unfolded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one-year-old David J. Dempsey, a white male, became the youngest victim in a familicide that shocked the city. On December 23, 1934, David, along with his father Walter Dempsey and siblings Robert, Thomas, and Walter Jr., was killed at the hands of his own aunt, Kathryn Schoch.

The devastating incident was rooted in Schoch's profound grief and deteriorating mental state following the recent death of her own child. ...

David Dempsey, age 1 - National Gun Violence Memorial