Ann Delores Ruppert was 12 years old when she was killed on March 30, 1975, in Hamilton, Ohio, during the attack now known as the Easter Sunday Massacre. The shooting occurred in her grandmother’s home on Minor Avenue in the Lindenwald neighborhood. Her uncle, 41-year-old James Urban Ruppert, fatally shot 11 members of his family that day, including Ann’s parents, his grandmother, and seven of his siblings.

James Ruppert was later tried and found guilty on two counts of aggravated murder and found not guilty by reason of insanity for nine other killings. He received two consecutive life sentences and was housed at the Allen Correctional Institute in Lima, Ohio; he died of natural causes on June 4, 2022. The attack has been attributed in reports to Ruppert’s long-standing resentment toward family members, particularly his mother and brother, over perceived neglect and envy.