Thomas John Dowling

Death by Force

On a tragic evening in New Britain, Connecticut, the life of Thomas John Dowling, a 58-year-old Caucasian male, was brutally cut short. On October 19, 1974, he and his wife, Anne, were among six people murdered at the Donna Lee Bakery. What began as a stop at a local bakery ended in a horrific act of violence that would become known as the worst mass murder in the state's history at the time. The couple, along with the bakery's owner and three other customers, were herded into a back room by two ...Read More

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Hartford Courant: A Grisly Night At New Britain’s Donna Lee Bakery

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