In the quiet city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the life of 38-year-old Ilsa Luise Zerbel Brandt, a German immigrant, came to a tragic and unexpected end on January 3, 1971. At eight months pregnant, she was looking forward to the birth of her child. The Brandt family had just returned from a holiday vacation in Florida the night before the incident. That evening, as Ilsa was relaxing in the bathtub, her 13-year-old son, Charlie Brandt, entered the bathroom and shot her at point-blank range with his f
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