December and the Christmas season are typically filled with cheer, celebration and joy - but for one unsuspecting family in Arkansas, USA, it became their most horrifying time.

Labelled as one of the most shocking killing sprees in United States history, a former military serviceman, who dedicated over 20 years to the US Navy and Air Force, brutally murdered 16 people, including 14 members of his own family.

The chilling massacre unfolded over a week in December 1987, its haunting reverberations still echoing through the decades.

Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. is infamous for perpetrating the deadliest familicide in US history, systematically slaughtering his wife, children, and grandchildren in a calculated killing spree.

As if this wasn't horrific enough, Ronald also murdered some of

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