On the night of March 16, 1938, in Center, Texas, 38-year-old Lillie Mae Curtis carried out a tragic act that resulted in the deaths of six of her nine children. After kissing her children goodnight, she waited for them to fall asleep before proceeding to shoot each one in the heart with a .22 caliber pistol. The victims were Thomas "T.O." Curtis, who had turned 13 just three days prior; Gloria Gene, 11; Billie Burk, 9; Robert, 8; Margie Dee, 7; and Marcia Jack, 5. Her 15-year-old son, Travis Ja
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