On the night of December 5, 1926, Alton Hassell, a 21-year-old male, was murdered in Farwell, Texas, as part of a gruesome mass killing carried out by his stepfather, George Jefferson Hassell. The crime unfolded after a heated argument between George Hassell and his wife, Susan Ferguson, over his sexual assault and impregnation of her underage daughter, Maudie. In a violent outburst, Hassell struck his wife repeatedly in the face with a ballpeen hammer, killing her. He then proceeded to systemat ...
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