It s a case with no easy answers, said Terry Walters, David Brom s trial attorney. Written By: Jeff Pieters | ×
David Brom s booking photo on Feb. 19, 1988. (Olmsted County Sheriff s Office photo)
ROCHESTER, Minn. A long-ago eruption of teen violence in Rochester is as stomach-turning, divisive and puzzling today as it was on Feb. 18, 1988.
The 33 years since the Brom family murders have done little, if anything, to answer the looming question: Why? Why did David Brom, a 16-year-old high school sophomore, take an ax in the middle of the night and kill his parents, his 13-year-old sister and 11-year-old brother?
We might never know.
33 years later, this teenager s crime still shocks Rochester
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It s been 33 years since 16-year-old David Brom took the lives of almost his entire family, shocking those close to the Brom family and everyone in Rochester. In the USA, for that matter, as it made major headlines.
In a minute we re going to hear from a close friend of then 14-year-old Diane Brom. It is less a story of David Brom than it is a story of how childhood trauma can change your life forever. Her story hasn t been heard by Rochester Police, Olmsted County Sheriff s Office, local media, social media, and not national media. It is her first time speaking up.