On this day - 28 December

Ronald Gene Simmons went on a murder spree in December of 1987. He was responsible for 16 murders in this time. The first people he killed were his immediate family, before moving on to members of the family who lived outside the family residence and were visiting for Christmas.

On December 28th 1987 he drove to Walmart, purchased a firearm and then used it to murder Kathy Kendrick, a woman he had previously been rejected by. He also murdered Rusty Taylor, the only stranger amongst his victims, while shooting at his former employer. He peacefully turned himself in to the police and was executed by lethal injection following a trial and a refusal from Simmons to appeal his conviction.