Editing Case File: McAninch Family

==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"

==Locations==
* Norwalk, Iowa

==People==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!(Born-Died)
!Description
|-
|McAninch, Alma May Kepley
|1902-1937
|mother, suicide after murder of five children
|-
|McAninch, Cora Belle
|1923-1937
|daughter
|-
|McAninch, Gail Lavern "Bud"
|1926-2006
|son, survived
|-
|McAninch, Geraldine M.
|1929-1937
|daughter
|-
|McAninch, Girness Roy
|1895-1960
|father
|-
|McAninch, Max Leroy
|1933-1937
|son
|-
|McAninch, Murris Marion
|1930-1937
|son
|-
|McAninch, Richard Otto
|1935-1937
|son
|}

==Documentation==
===Burials===
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27027510/alma_may_mcaninch Find-a-Grave]: "Alma May Kepley McAninch (1902-1937), Webb Cemetery, Norwalk, Iowa
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27027512/cora_belle_mcaninch Find-a-Grave]: "Cora Belle McAninch (1923-1937), Webb Cemetery, Norwalk, Iowa
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27714714/gail_lavern_&#39;bud&#39;_mcaninch Find-a-Grave]: "Gail Lavern 'Bud' McAninch" (1926-2006), Webb Cemetery, Norwalk, Iowa
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27027513/geraldine_m_mcaninch Find-a-Grave]: "Geraldine M. McAninch" (1929-1937), Webb Cemetery, Norwalk, Iowa
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27027515/murris_marion_mcaninch Find-a-Grave]: "Murris Marion McAninch" (1930-1937), Webb Cemetery, Norwalk, Iowa
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27027514/max_leroy_mcaninch Find-a-Grave]: "Max Leroy McAninch" (1933-1937), Webb Cemetery, Norwalk, Iowa
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27027516/richard_otto_mcaninch Find-a-Grave]: "Richard Otto McAninch" (1935-1937), Webb Cemetery, Norwalk, Iowa
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90586680/girness_roy_mcaninch Find-a-Grave]: "Girness Roy McAninch" (1895-1960), Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
===Newspaper Articles===
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/863086582/?match=1&terms=Family%20Massacre 1 Nov 1937 (Omaha World-Herald)]: Open Sift of Family Massacre