Jason Edward Roling

On the quiet New Year's Day of 1981, a horrific scene unfolded within a home in the small community of Delmar, Iowa. Jason Edward Roling, an 8-year-old White male, was found deceased, not from a tragic accident, but from a calculated act of violence. He was not the only victim. Alongside him, lay his mother, Bonnie Gilbert, 34, and his siblings, 13-year-old Dawn Roling and 10-year-old Michelle Roling. The carnage extended to his younger half-siblings as well, Gene Gilbert Jr., who was only 2, an ...

The Quiet House: The Gilbert Family Slayings

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