FORS5315 Lecture Notes - The Chapman Family
11 Mar 2014
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On march 16th of 2010, 33-year-old kenneth chapman murdered his wife, 1-year-old baby, and 13-year-old stepdaughter, while sparing the lives of his 10-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. He suffocated his wife and baby, and stabbed the 13-year-old upwards of 80 times. Afterwards, he threatened to kill the two living children if they told anyone of the murders. He then proceeded to send them to school for 10 days. Chapman"s uncle-in-law called the police because he felt it was suspicious that he hadn"t heard from his niece in two-weeks. When the police showed up, chapman sent the two kids outside and shot himself in the head. Police found the body of the two dead children in the bedroom, and the wife was found in their abandoned apartment. Police have found no motive for why he killed his wife and children, yet left his other children to live. Before the murders, however, chapman had sought medical help from cmc-randolph in.
