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Villisca axe murders

UNSOLVEDMoore residence, Villisca, Iowa0:3817 July 2026

In June 1912, eight people — the six-member Moore family and two overnight guests — were bludgeoned to death with an axe in their home in Villisca, Iowa. Despite two trials of a suspect and decades of investigation, the case remains legally unsolved.

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