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Bersabe Rebecca Simmons

Case from Dover, AR dated Dec 22, 1987

Victim Details

Name

Bersabe Rebecca Simmons

Gender

Female

Race

White / Caucasian

City

Dover

State

AR

Date Of Death

1987-12-22

Age At Death

46

First Name

Bersabe

Last Name

Rebecca Simmons

Last Updated

07/10/2026

Case Description

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In the quiet town of Dover, Arkansas, the Christmas season of 1987 was irrevocably shattered by a chilling wave of violence that began within the walls of the Simmons family home. Bersabe Rebecca Simmons, a 46-year-old female, became the first victim in a gruesome familicide orchestrated by her husband, Ronald Gene Simmons. On December 22, 1987, what should have been a time of festive preparation turned into a scene of unimaginable horror as Ronald bludgeoned and shot his wife.

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Ronald Gene Simmons - Wikipedia

Ronald Gene Simmons, Arkansas' worst mass murderer, killed 16 ...

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