Marcie Jack Curtis

Death by Force

On the night of March 16, 1938, in Shelby County, Texas, 38-year-old Lillie Mae Curtis committed a tragic act by taking the lives of six of her children, including her 5-year-old daughter, Marcie Jack Curtis. After putting her children to bed around 9 p.m., Lillie Mae waited approximately an hour to ensure they were asleep. She then proceeded to shoot each child, starting with the eldest and ending with Marcie Jack. The sequence of victims was: Thomas "T.O." Curtis, 13; Gloria Jean Curtis, 11; B ...Read More