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McCambridge’s son, PhD financial analyst John Markle, murdered his wife and two young daughters after an elaborate embezzlement scheme involving McCambridge unravelled. Markle, in a scathing multi-page suicide letter, also blamed the Oscar-winning actress for being a cruel, absentee parent who never gave him the approval he yearned for.
Shortly thereafter, in November 1987, Markle killed his family—his wife Christine (age 45) and daughters Amy (age 13) and Suzanne (age 9)—and then himself.[3] He left a note taking responsibility for his crimes and a long, bitter letter to his mother.[1]
Nov 19, 1987 · LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The investment firm where the son of actress Mercedes McCambridge worked before killing himself and his family said Thursday that he had been fired three days...
There is really only one choice now.This is part of the letter John Markle wrote to his mother, actress Mercedes McCambridge, before killing himself and his family Nov. 16, 1987. This...
Mar 31, 2014 · John Markle’s mother, actress Mercedes McCambridge, died in 2004. She was either 85 or 87, as sources disagree on her year of birth. By then, the historic house on Main Street in Little Rock where her son had killed his familiy and himself had, at least briefly, been turned into a party venue.
Mar 18, 2004 · Mercedes McCambridge, who won an Oscar for her screen debut in 1949 and later provided the raspy voice of the demon-possessed girl in The Exorcist, has died. She was 85.
