Barbara Peak

In the late summer of 1972, the community of Grand Island, Nebraska, was shaken by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of a recently relocated family. On September 9, 14-year-old Barbara Peak, a female, was found murdered in her home alongside her parents, retired Army Colonel William Peak and his wife, Bernice. All three had been shot in the head with a. 22-caliber firearm. While Barbara and her father were deceased at the scene, Bernice clung to life for two more months. Before she ...

Getting away with murder: Nebraska cold cases

The Grand Island Independent: Monday Mysteries series: Triple murder in subdivision, to this day, remains an enigma.