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Bertha Mae Kirby Bell, aged 26, tragically lost her life on August 21, 1981, in what became known as one of Indianapolis's largest mass murders at the time. The incident was perpetrated by her estranged husband, King Edward Bell, who also took the lives of their four children and Bertha's mother, Mary Alice Kirby. The gruesome events unfolded in the early hours of the morning when King Edward Bell, described by acquaintances as a religious man, went on a violent rampage fueled by his troubled re ...Read More
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Victim Details

Bertha Mae Kirby Bell

Female

Black / African American

Indianapolis

IN

1981-08-21

26

Bertha

Mae Kirby Bell

01/17/2025

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