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John Lawrence Markle (1941–1987) John Lawrence Markle was the perpetrator of a headline-grabbing crime in Little Rock (Pulaski County) in November 1987. The son of Academy Award–winning actress Mercedes McCambridge, Markle murdered his wife and two daughters before taking his own life on November 16, 1987. John Markle was born on December ...
Arkansans Are Still Haunted By The Ghastly Halloween Murders That Will Never Be Forgotten. On November 16th, 1987 John Markle killed his family and then took his own life. Although the murders didn’t happen on Halloween, there’s still some unnerving creepy connections to the holiday. The Markle Murders may have faded from recent memory but ...
A suicide note with a time of 2:30 a.m. listed on it was found nearby, along with a Colt .38-caliber revolver and a Charter Arms .38-caliber revolver. ... Police said John Markle wore this full ...
15 Years Later, Shocking Markle Murder-Suicide Case Fades From View. A plaque at Gibbs International Magnet School in Little Rock in memory of Suzanne Markle, who was murdered by her father, along with her mother and sister, in November 1987. A version of this article originally appeared in Arkansas Business on Sept. 30, 2002.
Markle’s youngest daughter, Suzanne, was a fourth-grader at Gibbs Magnet School. She took ballet and dance classes and was close to her big sister, Amy. Amy, an eighth-grader, attended Mann ...
The two guns used by John Markle in the slayings of his wife and two daughters are shown with some bullets and shell fragments. ... Police believed the murder-suicide was spurred, at least in part ...
Today is the 30th anniversary of one of the strangest business-related crimes in Arkansas history: the Markle murders. In the early morning hours of Nov. 16, 1987, an oddball futures trader at Stephens Inc. named John Markle shot to death his wife and two young daughters as they slept in their home on Main Street in Little Rock’s historic ...
