Busted: The Case of John List

On December 7th, 1971, police in Westfield, New Jersey received a call from the concerned neighbors of the List family. According to the report, the house’s lights had been on all day and night for almost a month with no sign of anyone inside. When responding to the initial reports, police checked around the outside of the house but found nothing amiss. There were no newspapers stacked up, no signs of any unusual activity, and according to the schools and offices of the List family they were on an extended vacation. Since nothing was found on their perimeter search, police soon left, only to be called back later that night. The caller this time was the drama instructor for the oldest of the List children, Patricia. He managed to convince police that something was amiss and this time they entered through an unlocked window into the basement. As they entered the mansion’s ballroom, they were greeted by four forms laid out on the floor. Upon closer inspection, police were shocked to discover that the forms were the bodies of Helen List and her three children, Patricia, Frederick, and John Jr, all wrapped up in sleeping bags. As they searched the rest of the house, they located the body of Alma List, the children’s grandmother, upstairs in the attic. Yet as they continued their search, it became increasingly clear that one person was missing, the patriarch of the family, John List, along with any photographs of him in the house. <a href="https://elycel.medium.com/busted-the-case-of-john-list-2cec0c05e082">Click Here</a>