DASTARDLY DADS FROM THE ARCHIVES (Jersey City, New Jersey - 1969)

Back in 1969, dad RAPHAEL TORRES murdered his wife and seven children. Then the poor dear had a heart attack while he was being arrested. Such a shock, you know. Or perhaps he was still winded from all that stabbing and bludgeoning.

From the New York Times, June 29, 1969

http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F30617FA3D5D1A7B93CBAB178DD85F4D8685F9

8 MURDER VICTIMS BURIED IN JERSEY

JERSEY CITY, June 28 (UPI)--Mrs. Maria Torres and her seven slain children, victims of an alleged murder spree by the father, Raphael Torres, were buried near here today.

The mother and seven of her nine children were the victims of a bludgeoning and stabbing attack last week. The police have charged the father with the crime. He is in Jersey City Medical Center recovering from a heart attack suffered after his arrest.

A requiem mass was offered in St. Paul of the Cross Roman Church in the Hudson City section of Jersey City.

A son, Romon, 14 years old, is also in the hospital. He is listed in satisfactory condtion following surgery to close the deep stab wounds he suffered in the knife-wielding attack.

The only members of the immediate family who attended the rites were Torres's mother, Elenore, and his oldest son, Raphael Jr., 15, who escaped the carnage because he was staying at his grandmother's home when the attacks took place.