Serial Killer Joseph Donald Ture (Crime Documentary)
- 5 years ago
Convicted murderer Joseph Ture was indicted by a Stearns County grand jury on four counts of first-degree murder in the 1978 shotgun killings of Alice Huling and three of her four children in their home near Clearwater.
The children, Susan, Patti, and Wayne, were shot to death in their beds in the middle of the night. A fourth son, Billy, survived by lying still in his bed after shots were fired at him.
""I'm kind of relieved that it's kind of happening. I can't really say I'm happy, but just relieved,"" Billy Huling told WCCO-TV today in a telephone interview. ""As far as timing goes, I think it all should have gone back 21 years ago, four days after the murder when he was first picked up. Why wasn't anything done then? After that came out, after I got information about that, during this last trial, it kind of upset me, just knowing of the other people he hurt.""
According to WCCO, investigators believe Ture broke into the home to rape Susan Huling. Ture has denied any involvement in the murders, reports WCCO. Ture was convicted last year of the 1979 murder of Afton teenager Marlys Wohlenhaus. He already was serving time for the murder of West St. Paul waitress Diane Edwards.
Marlys Wohlenhaus Death Investigation
On May 8, 1979, Marlys Wohlenhaus was found (by her mother) lying on the floor in a basement hallway at their residence in rural Afton, Minnesota. She had numerous injuries to the head, believed to be caused by an ax or hatchet. Marlys was unconscious when her mother found her and died on May 10, 1979, without regaining consciousness.
A reward of $50,000 was offered for the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible. This case was also featured on CBS' 48 Hours and new information was developed which lead to Joseph Ture being indicted. Joseph Ture was found guilty of first-degree homicide on October 14, 1998.
Huling Family Homicide
Alice Huling and three of her children-Susan, Patti, and Wayne-were murdered in their home on December 15, 1978. One child, Billy, escaped alive. On September 16, 1994, the Stearns County Sheriff's Department requested the BCA Cold Case Unit to assist them in the investigation into the 1978 murder of the Huling family.
Stearns County convened a Grand Jury resulting in four first-degree murder indictments against Joseph Ture. A trial took place in February 2000, and Joseph Ture was convicted of murder in the first degree for Alice, Wayne, Susan and Patti Huling. He was given a life sentence for each victim.
The children, Susan, Patti, and Wayne, were shot to death in their beds in the middle of the night. A fourth son, Billy, survived by lying still in his bed after shots were fired at him.
""I'm kind of relieved that it's kind of happening. I can't really say I'm happy, but just relieved,"" Billy Huling told WCCO-TV today in a telephone interview. ""As far as timing goes, I think it all should have gone back 21 years ago, four days after the murder when he was first picked up. Why wasn't anything done then? After that came out, after I got information about that, during this last trial, it kind of upset me, just knowing of the other people he hurt.""
According to WCCO, investigators believe Ture broke into the home to rape Susan Huling. Ture has denied any involvement in the murders, reports WCCO. Ture was convicted last year of the 1979 murder of Afton teenager Marlys Wohlenhaus. He already was serving time for the murder of West St. Paul waitress Diane Edwards.
Marlys Wohlenhaus Death Investigation
On May 8, 1979, Marlys Wohlenhaus was found (by her mother) lying on the floor in a basement hallway at their residence in rural Afton, Minnesota. She had numerous injuries to the head, believed to be caused by an ax or hatchet. Marlys was unconscious when her mother found her and died on May 10, 1979, without regaining consciousness.
A reward of $50,000 was offered for the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible. This case was also featured on CBS' 48 Hours and new information was developed which lead to Joseph Ture being indicted. Joseph Ture was found guilty of first-degree homicide on October 14, 1998.
Huling Family Homicide
Alice Huling and three of her children-Susan, Patti, and Wayne-were murdered in their home on December 15, 1978. One child, Billy, escaped alive. On September 16, 1994, the Stearns County Sheriff's Department requested the BCA Cold Case Unit to assist them in the investigation into the 1978 murder of the Huling family.
Stearns County convened a Grand Jury resulting in four first-degree murder indictments against Joseph Ture. A trial took place in February 2000, and Joseph Ture was convicted of murder in the first degree for Alice, Wayne, Susan and Patti Huling. He was given a life sentence for each victim.