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(Younger Edgar)
Edgar was a blacksmith by day but killing was his true trade. After killing his wife, Hazel Jenkins, with the same blacksmith hammer he used to pound the once cold steel he became mad. Experts that have reviewed the case say he may have develop split personalities on top of his depression and alcoholism.
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(Edgar and Hazel)
When his wife died her death certificate read "fracture skull" due to a fall down a staircase. You see Edgar blamed his wife's death on a spill down the stairs as she was carrying a basket of apples she picked from a nearby apple orchard. But the real truth would later be revealed by Edgar himself in front of a judge and jury as well as 19 other murders.
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(The Ashgrove's)
Edgar grew lonely after his wife's death and decided that his blacksmith customers that came in to get thier horses fitted would become permenant guests. Some were found in his dirt cellar with various parts in perservative jars next to fruits and vegetables. Others were found hanging in trees along the banks of Willow creek. The Ashgrove's children were found chained to a tree that grew just out of the creekbed. The three kids would later die from hyperthermia and float in the creekbed until the entire scene was discovered by a local Sheriff over a year later.
Edgar Tinsley went on trial before the town of Willow (MO) in 1892 and was sentence to hang just like 19 of his victims did before him. Tinsley admitted to the killings before his death and said "I beat them mercifully and I would do it again, the bodies kept me company when I was lonely strolling through the woods." - Edgar Tinsley. He later quoted a nursery rhythm that he was said to read to the three children he chained up near the creek bed.
“It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray,
Unto a meadow hard by,
There she espied their tails, side by side,
All hung in a tree to dry.”
(the name of the city has been changed to protect those involved with the family names)
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