Gene Galeon Gilbert

In the small, quiet town of Delmar, Iowa, the new year of 1981 was marked by a tragic and horrifying event that would leave the community shaken. On the first day of January, two-year-old Gene Galeon Gilbert Jr., a female, was found deceased in her family home at 206 Market Street. Her life, along with the lives of her mother and siblings, was cut short in a devastating act of violence. The discovery was made after authorities from South Dakota contacted the local sheriff's department with grim ...

The Quiet House: The Gilbert Family Slayings

AROUND THE NATION; Mother and 5 Children Slain; Father Said to Kill Himself (Published 1981)