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Jennifer Chuang

Case from Algona, IA dated Dec 30, 1987

Victim Details

Jennifer Chuang

Female

Algona

IA

1987-12-30

11

Jennifer

Chuang

07/05/2026

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In the quiet town of Algona, Iowa, the holiday season of 1987 was shattered by a horrific act of violence that claimed the lives of an entire family. Among the victims was eleven-year-old Jennifer Chuang, a young girl visiting her grandparents for a festive family gathering. On December 30, 1987, what should have been a time of joy turned into a scene of unimaginable tragedy inside the home of her maternal grandparents, John and Agnes Dreesman.

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  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/01/01/jealousy-may-have-driven-iowa-man-to-kill-six-relatives-and-himself/7beddd0f-e0ae-46b5-8d91-74d19506231a/
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