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Grand Pass Methodist Church Cemetery, Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri
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After a family argument on 18 Jul 1923, William Plunkett shot and killed his wife, Ethel Tubbs Plunkett, his mother in law, Minnie Elva Brooks Tubbs, and his sister in law, Janie Tubbs. He stated in court that his wife was trying to divorce him and that her parents were always "out to get him" during their marriage. In Dec 1923, he plead guilty in circuit court to killing all three women, and was sentenced to 99 years by Judge Robert Reynolds.
Plunkett, Ethel Tubbs Headstone Grand Pass Methodist Church Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri. Cemetery is located east of Marshall, Saline, Missouri on Highway 65.
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