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Amos Rex McBeth

Case from Martinsburg, IA dated May 27, 1962

Victim Details

Amos Rex McBeth

Male

White / Caucasian

Martinsburg

IA

1962-05-27

19

Amos

Rex McBeth

07/09/2026

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In the quiet farming community of Martinsburg, Iowa, the spring of 1962 was shattered by a tragic event that would leave a lasting scar. On the night of May 27th, 19-year-old Amos Rex McBeth, a male, was killed in a violent rampage that also claimed the lives of his father, Andrew, his mother, Dora, and two of his sisters, 19-year-old Anna and 17-year-old Donna Jean Kellogg. The family was attacked in their own home, the place that should have been their sanctuary.

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  • Gayno Smith - Wikipedia
  • Amos Rex McBeth, age 19 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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