Wimble Murder: Difference between revisions

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The Wimble Murder is an event in the Melisende Dulac Series.

Details

The Wimble Murder refers to the February 14, 2007 murder/suicide committed by Robert Wimble in Vancouver, Washington. He and his wife Maris died in the incident, while their daughters Theta and and Delta survived. (Delta would later die after hitting her head on the side of a swimming pool.)

Theta would go on to become obsessed with similar cases, and more broadly with true crime. The Freshwater Murders would be of special interest to her, as they happened on the anniversary of her own parents' deaths.

Appearances

Memory Garden

Victims

Robert Wimble
Maris Wimble
Thea Wimble (survived)

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 ==Details==
-'''The Wimble Murder''' refers to the February 14, 2000 murder/suicide committed by Robert Wimble in Appleton, Wisconsin. He and his wife Maris died in the incident, while his four-old-daughter Thea survived.
+'''The Wimble Murder''' refers to the February 14, 2007 murder/suicide committed by Robert Wimble in Vancouver, Washington. He and his wife Maris died in the incident, while their daughters [[Theta Wimble|Theta]] and and Delta survived. (Delta would later die after hitting her head on the side of a swimming pool.)
-Because of the similarity in name and age of the survivor, [[Theta Wimble]] developed an obsessive interest in the case—to the point she began to identity herself as the girl who survived despite the fact there was no connection between her family and the Appleton Wimbles.
+Theta would go on to become obsessed with similar cases, and more broadly with true crime. The [[Freshwater Murders]] would be of special interest to her, as they happened on the anniversary of her own parents' deaths.
 ==Appearances==