Philip Gunness

Death by Force

Philip Alexander Gunness, a four-year-old boy, tragically lost his life on April 28, 1908, in La Porte, Indiana. His death was part of a larger and deeply disturbing event that unfolded at the Gunness farm, where a fire consumed the farmhouse, leaving behind the remains of a headless woman and three children. The woman was believed to be Belle Gunness, his mother, and the children's remains were thought to belong to Lucy and Myrtle Sorenson, ages nine and eleven, along with Philip.

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