A Nebraska mass murderer who has spent most of his life in a mental institution could soon be released.Erwin Charles Simants shot and killed almost an entire family in 1975, including three ...
LINCOLN — The psychiatrist who diagnosed Erwin Charles Simants with mental illness in 1975 almost certainly saved the mass killer from the electric chair. Erwin Charles Simants, who was 29 years old ...
As crimes go, this one looked like a short cut to the electric chair. On Oct. 18, 1975, in the tiny western Nebraska village of Sutherland, population around 900, police entered the home of the Kellie ...
A Lincoln County District Court judge ruled Tuesday afternoon that Erwin Charles Simants will remain confined to the Lincoln Regional Center, the facility that he has been committed to since 1979.
Infamous killer Erwin Charles Simants will stay put for now in a locked building at the Lincoln Regional Center, following a judge's ruling Tuesday.
WEBVTT ANY DAY NOW.. A DISTRICT JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO RULE WHETHER A NEBRASKA MASS MURDERER.. SHOULD WALK FREE. ERWIN CHARLES SIMANTS SHOT AND KILLED ALMOST AN ENTIRE FAMILY. THAT WAS IN 19-75 ... AND ...