Talk:Ronald Gene Simmons

Plagiarised
No sources sited so it's not clear that this was not simply copied whole-sale: http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/hammer/73/simmons.html Craig Pemberton (talk) 06:11, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

hey maybe this is where marcus wesson got the idea to kill his family i know it`s ferfechted but anything and everything is possible.

I have problems with this page. First the article states that the Simmons' home was in Dover, Arkansas, however the home was actually located in a remote area several miles to the north of Dover.

Furthermore the article states that after the first killings that he went into a local bar for a few drinks. This does not seem likely not only from the fact that the Simmons' home was located in a remote section of Pope County, but that Pope County is and was a "dry" county meaning that the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited. In other local bars simply do not and did not exist. One of the few places that he might have had a drink would have been at the VFW lodge which was several miles south on HWY 7 near downtown Russellville, or some other lodge. If this was the actual location of his supposed libations, this would have been a detail that would be too significant to have glossed over generically as it had been in this article, especially he would have had to have been a member of the organization to be able to have entered into in the establish. That is highly unlikely because he was very withdrawn and not sociable.

Also, this article fails to mention that he had immigrated to Arkansas from New Mexico, after authorities had been investigating that he had raped his daughter and fathered his grandchild. This was instrumental, at least in part, in his choice of the remote location of the family home and his introverted/anti-social personality.

Lastly, no mention was made that one of the victims, Kathy Hendricks, was a secretary at his place of employment and had spurned romantic advances by Simmons, even though he was married. If I am not mistaken his persistance led to his dismissal and he specifically targeted her when he extended his killing spree to the city after he had exterminated his family.

Simmons killed my family members.
Ronald Gene Simmons was married to a cousin of mine. He wiped out an entire wing of my family. The only survivor being my great aunt who happened to be sick and couldn't make her way to their house to celebrate Christmas. I guess it's a good thing most of my family lives in Oklahoma and other states or he might have killed more of us. To my knowledge I believe the other person to open discussion is correct. Ronald was infatuated with a woman from work who didn't return his affections, so he snapped and murdered his entire immediate family. I'm actually surprised to see a Wikipedia page about him.

Same as above
Renata was my first cousin...and I will never forget that year - ever. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.233.100.30 (talk) 07:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

More information
Perhaps we can include information from these two videos {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uawgH2ugtY&list=LLItb2dLp-6NlYuBFl4AwvKg&index=19, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvsEzt999ow} into the article. The video says he won numerous awards whilst in the military, which is something noteworthy, among numerous other facts. Citadel48 (talk) 22:12, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Weapons used
Why does it list crowbar and hammer in the weapons used if all victims were killed by strangulation, drowning or gunshot as listed in the victims section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.6.84.111 (talk) 18:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Motive?
What was the motivation behind the murders? If known, it should be added into the article. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:28, 24 April 2017 (UTC)