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Deanna Lynn Kellie

Death by Force
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In the small town of Sutherland, Nebraska, the autumn of 1975 was shattered by a crime of unimaginable horror. On the evening of October 18th, six-year-old Deanna Lynn Kellie, a Caucasian female, was tragically killed in her home. This was not an isolated act of violence, but the culmination of a brutal rampage that claimed the lives of six members of the Kellie family. The person responsible for this horrific act was their neighbor, Erwin Charles Simants.

Earlier that day, Simants, who w ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Deanna Lynn Kellie

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Sutherland

    NE

    1975-10-18

    6

    Deanna

    Lynn Kellie

    11/04/2025

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    05/12/2024
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    02/22/2024
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