What the records say
- When
- 1781
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 39.83° N, 98.58° W
- Description
- 1781 familicide in New York, U.S.
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
James Yates murders
1781 familicide in New York, U.S.
The James Yates murders occurred in 1781, when James Yates brutally murdered his wife and his four children in New York, later claiming that a voice instructed him to do so.
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