Cult Leader, Murderer. A self-professed prophet, he formed a religious cult in Kirtland Ohio, after being dismissed as a lay minister of the Mormon Church in 1987. In a dispute over finances and what Lundgren felt was group loyality, he shot and killed the entire Dennis Avery family of five on April 17, 1989. He ordered his followers to dig a pit and bury the bodies. Nine months after the killings, police followed a tip from an informant and uncovered the remains. After a nationwide search with help of former cult members, Lundgren was found in California and brought back to Ohio to stand trial. He was convicted of five counts of murder in 1990. Lundgren was executed by lethal injection.
Cult Leader, Murderer. A self-professed prophet, he formed a religious cult in Kirtland Ohio, after being dismissed as a lay minister of the Mormon Church in 1987. In a dispute over finances and what Lundgren felt was group loyality, he shot and killed the entire Dennis Avery family of five on April 17, 1989. He ordered his followers to dig a pit and bury the bodies. Nine months after the killings, police followed a tip from an informant and uncovered the remains. After a nationwide search with help of former cult members, Lundgren was found in California and brought back to Ohio to stand trial. He was convicted of five counts of murder in 1990. Lundgren was executed by lethal injection.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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