John had first moved to Michigan, and then to Colorado, where he took an accounting job in Denver. [11][12], List placed the bodies of his wife and children on sleeping bags in the mansion's ballroom. At sixty-four, John's father was twenty-six years older than Alma, whom he had married one year earlier, after his first wife died of cancer. John List, The Mass Murderer Who Killed His Family So Hed See Them In Heaven. Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders Episodes, photos and other information are also available at fatherwantsusdead.com. He was arrested in 1989 after a former neighbor recognized him from a profile on the syndicated TV show America's Most Wanted. So he spent his days at the train station, reading the newspaper and secretly skimming money from his mothers bank accounts to pay the mortgage. He joined a Lutheran congregation and ran a car pool for shut-in church members. He killed his immediate family since he could not pay the mansions mortgage after losing his job and did not want them to face ridicule. Help keep John List (murderer) and Delores Miller (wife) profile up to date. When his daughter and youngest son came home, he shot them in the back of the head. Minnesota officer removes jar from raccoon's head. 2023. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). John List (murderer) and Delores Miller (wife) - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. March 3 (UPI) -- A New Brunswick couple who initially thought a burglar had broken into their home discovered the invader was actually a panicked deer. . Early life [ edit] Katherine (left) and Madeleine Force. He went upstairs and shot his 84-year-old mother. Examples include "Savior," the season 6, episode 16 of the television series Law & Order; the 1987 film The Stepfather and its 2009 remake; the 1993 film Judgment Day: The John List Story, in which List was portrayed by Robert Blake;[39] and the character Keyser Sze in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects.[40]. There, he eventually became director of accounting services. Delores and John divorced in 1989, probably following his arrest on 1 June. Helen's mother was in fact ill, and had canceled a visit to Westfield because of it; had she made the trip, List later said, she would have been his sixth victim. Tips came pouring in. He took a break and made himself lunch. He waited for Helen to come down for her morning coffee. Then Frederick, 13. videos, Officers entered through an unlocked window leading to the basement and discovered the family's bodies. His mother, Alma was overprotective and dominating that would forbid him to go outside and play with the other children because he might get sick. [4], After completion of his second tour in 1952, List worked for an accounting firm in Detroit, and then as an audit supervisor at a paper company in Kalamazoo, where his three children were born.