In the spring of 1962, a horrific act of violence shattered the tranquility of the rural community of Martinsburg, Iowa, forever marking a dark chapter in its history. On the night of May 27, Dora Mae Smith McBeth, a 41-year-old Caucasian female, was tragically killed in her own home. The devastating event did not stop with her death; it extended to claim the lives of four other family members in a brutal and senseless massacre.
The night began with a sense of normalcy as the McBeth child
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