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John List 30 Years Later: Looking Back at the Case That Terrorized a Town Page 20 Thursday, November 8, 2001 The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION From the Archives of The Westfield Leader From the Archives of The Westfield Leader John List 30 Years Later: Looking Back At the Case That Terrorized a Town KATHY HALVERSON Gradually, the public learned about Westfield police, according to Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times the darker dimensions to the tragedy. Chief Tracy, never gave up. They Editor’s Note: Ms. Halverson has Well educated, a military veteran, worked to dig up whatever leads they compiled extensive research mate- List had struggled to keep his family could find on List’s whereabouts. Courtesy of Suzannah Plant rial on the John List murder case, together. He was deep in debt, and Yet, as hard as they worked, he re- AN INTERESTING SIGN OF HOPE...Despite all the devastation at “Ground Zero”, a ray of hope in the shape of a cross which is available at mained at large. remains. The United States flag waves in the background. had frequently renegotiated mort- www.goleader.com/list. gage loans on his home. Out of work It was not until 1989 that List was As Americans of all walks of life for many months in the period lead- found, following a segment on the are caught up in a new form of global ing up to the murders, List had pre- killings that ran on the popular tele- First Baptist Supports Blood Drive Slated terrorism today, law enforcement tended to have a job – walking to the vision show “America’s Most agencies and the news media are Westfield Train Station in the morn- Wanted.” But the show did not come At Church Nov. 19 looking back this month to 1971 – ing, hiding out around the town until about by accident. Humanitarian Efforts SUMMIT – St. John’s Lutheran and a bizarre crime that shocked a the evening hours – and then arriving Chief Tracy, and members of the Church, located at 587 Spring- nation and terrorized an entire com- back home at night as though all was Union County Prosecutor’s Office, had reportedly made contact with WESTFIELD — On October 7, throughout the world and finance field Avenue in Summit, will host munity. well. the First Baptist Church of Westfield, numerous ongoing humanitarian pro- a blood drive in Hinman Hall on On November 9, 1971, John List, His personal life was in disarray. the show’s producers about airing a located at 170 Elm Street, began grams. Monday, November 19, from 2 to a tall, bespectacled resident of Deeply religious, he worried that his segment on List, hoping that it might finally pinpoint his location. collecting donations for the 2001 Such programs include relocation 7 p.m. Westfield, brutally used a German- daughter, Patricia, was becoming part World Mission Offering. of displaced persons currently con- All blood types are needed, but made 9-millimeter Steyr automatic of the hippie generation of the era. The show, as is now well known, Collections received that first day fined to refugee camps; feeding starv- there is a special need for O-cmv pistol to murder his entire family — His wife was ill – later it would be featured a sculptor’s bust of what List might look like in the late 1980s, reached 70 percent of First Baptist’s ing children in North Korea; provid- and O+cmv. The entire process, his wife, Helen; his mother, Alma, revealed that she had syphilis, ac- 2001 goal of $5,000. The Reverend ing AIDS education and care in South from registration to light refresh- and his three teenage children, quired through her first husband. years after the crime. List, who by Dr. Darla Turlington, Senior Minis- Africa, and empowering disadvan- ments, takes no more than an hour. Patricia, John, Jr. and Frederick. John’s mother, who disliked her this time was known as Robert Clark, had remarried and was living in Vir- ter, recently reported that $4,610.95, taged communities suffering from Donors should bring some form But then, leaving behind a written daughter-in-law (the feelings were or 95 percent of that goal, had been economic and political instability. of identification with a picture or confession for his minister, List dis- mutual), had advanced the money to ginia. But a former neighbor of the reached. Among the contributions Anyone interested in contributing signature and have something to appeared – as though he had dropped her son to buy the Westfield man- “Clarks” in Colorado recognized List. was $30 in coins collected by the to the 2001 World Mission campaign eat within three hours before do- off the face of the earth. Police agen- sion. church’s Sunday School children. may call the First Baptist Church at nating. cies from New Jersey to New York List could be terribly demanding, List was arrested, returned to New As a cooperative effort with other (908) 233-2278. Information on these For more information, please and elsewhere searched frantically and also coldly calculating. Shortly Jersey and convicted. He is now in state prison in Trenton, from which Baptist churches that are affiliated ministries can be found on the call the church office at (908) 918- for any evidence of the former Sun- before killing his family, for example, with the American Baptist Churches denomination’s International Minis- 2500. The church is accessible to day School teacher. His car was lo- he let the children have a Halloween authorities say he will never be re- of the USA (ABC/USA), the First tries Web site, the handicapped. cated at JFK Airport in New York, but party. But he was so crabby at the leased. Baptist Church of Westfield collects www.internationalministrie.org. nowhere was John List to be found. party that he kicked one of the young The List family is buried at such donations on an annual basis. From the outset, there were unan- visitors. When List did kill his fam- Fairview Cemetery in Westfield. These gifts fund the worldwide swered questions, from the little to ily, he burned all pictures of himself. Alma is buried in Bay City, Michi- outreach efforts of the ABC/USA, LEARN Program to Focus the large. Such as, whatever hap- But he forgot that his church had a gan, where John was raised. supporting more than 150 missionar- pened to the Lists’ Pekinese dog, picture of the family, including him- Looking back, it is clear that law ies in 28 countries. The International Tinkerbell? It supposedly ran away self. enforcement agencies – especially Ministries of ABC/USA also equip On Auto-Immune Diseases one week before the murders. Why Law enforcement agencies, includ- the Westfield police — deserve ku- indigenous church leaders to man- did List not get counseling for his ing the Westfield Police Department, dos for finally cracking the case. SCOTCH PLAINS – The League academic year on current nursing “America’s Most Wanted” also war- age and lead local congregations for Educational Advancement for topics with Continuing Education/ mental difficulties in the period be- were stymied by the crime. They had fore the murders? Why did authori- a confession, the gun, the bodies – all rants praise. Registered Nurses (LEARN) will Contact Hours through the New Jer- However, one cannot help but re- PUBLIC NOTICE present an educational program en- sey State Nurses Association. ties not notice that the family seemed left behind by List, who had sought to be living on the edge, financially to tie up the case, even going so far as gret that some social agency along BOROUGH OF FANWOOD titled “Why Is My Body Killing Me? This program has been approved the way — a church, or hospital, or TAX ASSESSOR An Overview of Auto-Immune Dis- for 2.4 contact hours. In addition, and emotionally? spelling out how the house could be Outwardly, the family seemed nor- sold to pay for the funeral. But there school official – did not intervene The 2002 Tax Assessment rolls of the eases” on Monday, November 26, at the New Jersey Department of Edu- and get the counseling for List that Borough of Fanwood will be open for in- mal. Helen loved to cook and had was no John List. 7:45 p.m. at the Parish House of All cation, Professional Standards was obviously needed. spection at the Borough Hall, 75 North Saints’ Church, 559 Park Avenue in Board, has granted Professional De- over 300 cookbooks. The boys loved Police Chief James Moran used Martine Avenue, Fanwood, New Jersey, on every investigative tool he could to Today, fortunately, such groups are December 11, 2001 between the hours of Scotch Plains. velopment Hours for School baseball, especially the New York Mets. Patricia wanted to be an ac- find List; the case continued on over more active than in the 1970s. 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Marie Kassai, a registered nurse Nurses. The List case is now history. But TAX ASSESSOR tress, and did well in local theater the years, also under current Chief associated with Atlantic Health Sys- The annual LEARN membership for longtime residents of Westfield, BOROUGH OF FANWOOD tems at General Hospital Center in is $40, or a guest fee of $10 per groups. Bernard A. Tracy, who started inves- 1 T – 11/08/01, The Times Fee: $11.73 With the murders, List left behind tigating it in the mid-1970s. Mr. Tracy it will never be forgotten. Nor will its Passaic, will be the guest speaker. program. For information, please lessons ever again be ignored. PUBLIC NOTICE LEARN, a not-for-profit profes- write to: LEARN, P.O.
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