What the records say
- When
- 9 Jun 1911
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 45.46° N, 122.63° W
- Description
- 1911 mass murder in Oregon, United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Ardenwald axe murders
1911 mass murder in Oregon, United States
The Ardenwald axe murders is an unsolved mass murder that occurred in the early morning of June 9, 1911, in Ardenwald, Oregon, United States, then a neighboring community of Portland. The victims were the Hill family: William Hill, his wife Ruth, and Ruth's two children from a previous marriage, Philip and Dorothy. All four victims had been bludgeoned to death with an axe.
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