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1923: Leading Alexandria citizen commits murder/suicide

J. Willis Knox murdered his wife and two daughters before taking his own life. ....

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A well-known man in a Minnesota town didn't report to work one day. What they found at his home shocked them

"On the day preceding the tragedy his mental condition showed plainly in his physical appearance but so highly respected was the man that none of his friends even dreamed of such an ending." ....

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From the Echo Press archives, 1933: Alexandria's 100-hour endurance drive sees driver handcuffed to the wheel

This week in history in Douglas County. ....

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'I shot my dad and mother and my brother' -- the mystery of the Flink family murders of 1941

John Flink killed his parents, William and Ida, and his brother Edwin on their family farm. Another brother, Fred, found their bodies. ....

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