Editing Case File: McAninch Family (section)

==Overview==
After the arrest of her husband, Mrs. Alma McAninch took the lives of five of her children, while the eldest two sons were away at a Halloween celebration, and then took her own life.  A shot gun to the forehead was used for all.  Her husband had been arrested in Des Moines and she no longer believed she could cope.  She left a note for her two sons when they arrived home.  "Tell dad, I sure want him to go straight for you boys' sake. I have stood all I can take and best to take the kids along. All that saves you boys is no more shells. Have Ellis (her brother-in-law, Ellis Faust) go to Des Moines and tell dad. Good-by and good luck to you always. Tell dad I think best for you boys to move in with grandma (her mother-in-law in Des Moines). Take this note and let him read it.  With love, MAMA"