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Raymond Hautala

Case from Ironwood, MI dated Mar 16, 1968

Victim Details

Raymond Hautala

Male

Ironwood

MI

1968-03-16

49

Raymond

Hautala

07/12/2026

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On a tragic day in Ironwood, Michigan, 49-year-old Henry Raymond Hautala, a male resident, became one of the victims in a devastating shooting spree that unfolded on March 16, 1968. The quiet community was shattered by the violent acts of a local 56-year-old woodcutter and janitor, Eric E. Pearson. The rampage, carried out with a high-powered deer rifle, left a total of seven people dead and two others seriously injured, marking it as one of the most horrific crimes in the history of the Gogebic ...
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  • Newspapers.com: Stunned Residents Mass as Gunman Led to Court
  • 7 Slain, 3 Wounded in Michigan; Woodsman Accused of Murder; Patrons Seize Him in Tavern, Site of the Last Shooting -- Motive Undermined (Published 1968)
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