On 23 February 1954 Thomas shot and killed 28-year-old sergeant Lafayette Bennett, 32-year-old corporal Edward Peters and their German girlfriends Walburga Wenderoth and Anna Weigel in Gersthofen, Germany. Then Thomas used an axe to bludgeon, hack and mutilate the bodies. (23 July 1958)
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Tuesday 24th of August 1869 (-) — Victim of Jean-Baptiste Troppmann aka Le Massacreur de Pantin Jean Kinck is poisoned with prussic acid by Jean-Baptiste Troppmann aka Le Massacreur de Pantin. Troppmann had hoped to find 5.500 Francs that Kinck had promised to start up a company together. Kinck's body was found on 25 November.