David Brom

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David Francis Brom (born October 3, 1971) is an American mass murderer. He killed his parents, brother, and sister with an axe in February 1988 at the family's home in Rochester, Minnesota after an argument with his father. In the early evening of February 18, 1988, Olmsted County sheriff's deputies discovered the bodies of Bernard (41), Paulette (41), Diane (13), and Richard (11) Brom in the Brom family home. Missing from the home were the two oldest sons, David (16) and Joseph (18). The police had been notified by the administration of David's school that students had reported hearing a "rumor" that David had informed another student that he had killed his family that morning. All four individuals had sustained numerous gashes in the head and upper body. Police subsequently found a blood-stained axe in the basement that forensic tests indicated was used to kill all four victims. Immediately after the discovery, the police were concerned that David might be the victim of an abduction,...

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