The Ruppert house
 James Ruppert at the time of his arrest.
James Urban Ruppert was born on 12th April, 1934 in Hamilton, Ohio.
He is said to have a troubled childhood. His father, Leonard had little to no affection for him and his older brother Leon repeatedly toldty, use to repeatedly tell Rupert, that she regretted his existence and wished for a daughter instead.
In 1947, Leonard Ruppert, James's father died and Leonard jr. became the head of the house. It is said that James was constantly picked on by his older brother. He was apparently treated poorly at his home.
All these left an impact on James. At school he was a poor student, he was hardly getting past. He had a few to no friends. It is known that he dated a few times in his life.
James resented his brother. The reason behind this definitely begins when his brother used to pick on him. Later in life, Leonard jr. got a college degree on electrical engineering while James dropped out of college after two years of joining. Leonard jr. married one of James's ex-girlfriend Alma. Alma and Leonard jr. ha eight children together and were happily married. They lived in their big family house near to their parental house. On the other hand James was unemployed, sometimes did odd jobs and lived with his mother at the age of 41.
He was also an alcoholic.
His mother had expectations from him since he is a 41-year-old. His little problem with alcohol got so out of hand once that his mother threatened to get a restraining order against him. On top of all that, James owed money to his mother and brother.
March 29th, 1975. It was James's birthday and he was witnessed practicing shooting with a. 357 magnum along the banks of The Great Miami River in Hamilton. He was later seen in a bar, where he talked to a employee, Miss Wanda. She said James seemed depressed and talked about feeling pressurised by his mother's wishes. He left the bar briefly at 11:00, saying he had a problem to solve but later came back at around 1:30 and said his problem was not solved yet.

10 of the victims of the Easter Sunday massacre.
March 30th, 1,975. It was an Easter Sund and his wife, along with their eight children, came to visit Charity.
While James was sleeping off his night of drinking in his room, the kids were playing around while the others prepared for there lunch.
At around 4:00pm, James came down to the kitchen, with a loaded . 357 magnum, two.22 Handguns and a rifle.
At that moment, Charity, Leonard jr. , Alma along with three children David, Terresa and Carol. James shot and killed them all. Then later he proceeded onto the living room where he killed his remaining nieces and nephews, namely, Leonard III, Ann, Micheal, Thomas, John.
So in total he killed 11 people. The entire massacre was done in about 5 mins. Leaving out one kid, the others where shot twice, to ensure that they are dead.
James waited for a few moments before calling the police.
The policy describes the scene as the "slaughterhouse" since everything was covered with blood. Blood was dripping off the wall, the carpets were soaked with blood.
James refused to say anything to the police and was uncooperative. He made it clear he will plea for insanity.
His initial trial was held in Hamilton, Ohio. The three-judge panel found him guilty of 11 murders and he sentenced to life imprisonment.
Later a mistrial was supposed to be concluded in Findlay, Ohio as it was claimed he will never receive a fair trial in Hamilton.
In July 1975, a second trial started since new evJames'e and witnesses a surface drget shooting was surfacing. In that trial, he was found guilty of 11 murders and he received 11 life sentences.
In 1982, a new trial was issued where he was found guilty of 2 murders and not guilty for the other 9 murders on the basis of insanity and was given 2 life sentences.
In December 2019, James was held in the Franklin Medical Center in Ohio. In 1982, he was granted a hearing before the parole board but his release was denied. Later in 2015 he was again in a hearing before the parole board but his release was again denied.
His next hearing is scheduled for 2025 when he would be 90 years of age.
James Ruppert, 2015
2025 is not far from now. Do you think he will be released? Does a evil like him deserve to get released? Do you think he was made into a devil by his own family?
Let me know.
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