Murdered by his son, Peter Zimmer.
Hans Zimmer immigrated to the Chicago area from Germany as a young adult. He married Sally Sokol, and in 1968 they adopted a newborn boy they named Peter, after Hans' father. Four years later, they adopted another son and raised the boys in Wauconda, Ill.
When Hans lost his job as an airline mechanic, the family moved to Mineral Point, where Sally's brother owned a company that made crystals for radios.
They lived in a farmhouse a few miles from town.
Peter Zimmer (Known as Joe Collier today)enrolled as a freshman at Mineral Point High School, where he was considered a popular new kid and a fast addition to the track team. Some friends in Illinois recalled at the time that Zimmer didn't seem too happy about the move.
In May 1983, the family had been in Wisconsin about two months.
That's when a Mineral Point High counselor received a call from someone at Zimmer's former school in Illinois, saying a boy there had said Zimmer told him that Zimmer was going to kill his family.
When Iowa County sheriff's deputies went to the Zimmer house, they found Hans Zimmer age 48, dead on the porch from five gunshot wounds. His wife, Sally Zimmer age 44, had been stabbed at least 15 times and dragged to a shed. Their son Perry Zimmer age 10, was found dead in an upstairs bedroom, stabbed more than 20 times.
Hans Zimmer immigrated to the Chicago area from Germany as a young adult. He married Sally Sokol, and in 1968 they adopted a newborn boy they named Peter, after Hans' father. Four years later, they adopted another son and raised the boys in Wauconda, Ill.
When Hans lost his job as an airline mechanic, the family moved to Mineral Point, where Sally's brother owned a company that made crystals for radios.
They lived in a farmhouse a few miles from town.
Peter Zimmer (Known as Joe Collier today)enrolled as a freshman at Mineral Point High School, where he was considered a popular new kid and a fast addition to the track team. Some friends in Illinois recalled at the time that Zimmer didn't seem too happy about the move.
In May 1983, the family had been in Wisconsin about two months.
That's when a Mineral Point High counselor received a call from someone at Zimmer's former school in Illinois, saying a boy there had said Zimmer told him that Zimmer was going to kill his family.
When Iowa County sheriff's deputies went to the Zimmer house, they found Hans Zimmer age 48, dead on the porch from five gunshot wounds. His wife, Sally Zimmer age 44, had been stabbed at least 15 times and dragged to a shed. Their son Perry Zimmer age 10, was found dead in an upstairs bedroom, stabbed more than 20 times.
Murdered by his son, Peter Zimmer.
Hans Zimmer immigrated to the Chicago area from Germany as a young adult. He married Sally Sokol, and in 1968 they adopted a newborn boy they named Peter, after Hans' father. Four years later, they adopted another son and raised the boys in Wauconda, Ill.
When Hans lost his job as an airline mechanic, the family moved to Mineral Point, where Sally's brother owned a company that made crystals for radios.
They lived in a farmhouse a few miles from town.
Peter Zimmer (Known as Joe Collier today)enrolled as a freshman at Mineral Point High School, where he was considered a popular new kid and a fast addition to the track team. Some friends in Illinois recalled at the time that Zimmer didn't seem too happy about the move.
In May 1983, the family had been in Wisconsin about two months.
That's when a Mineral Point High counselor received a call from someone at Zimmer's former school in Illinois, saying a boy there had said Zimmer told him that Zimmer was going to kill his family.
When Iowa County sheriff's deputies went to the Zimmer house, they found Hans Zimmer age 48, dead on the porch from five gunshot wounds. His wife, Sally Zimmer age 44, had been stabbed at least 15 times and dragged to a shed. Their son Perry Zimmer age 10, was found dead in an upstairs bedroom, stabbed more than 20 times.
Hans Zimmer immigrated to the Chicago area from Germany as a young adult. He married Sally Sokol, and in 1968 they adopted a newborn boy they named Peter, after Hans' father. Four years later, they adopted another son and raised the boys in Wauconda, Ill.
When Hans lost his job as an airline mechanic, the family moved to Mineral Point, where Sally's brother owned a company that made crystals for radios.
They lived in a farmhouse a few miles from town.
Peter Zimmer (Known as Joe Collier today)enrolled as a freshman at Mineral Point High School, where he was considered a popular new kid and a fast addition to the track team. Some friends in Illinois recalled at the time that Zimmer didn't seem too happy about the move.
In May 1983, the family had been in Wisconsin about two months.
That's when a Mineral Point High counselor received a call from someone at Zimmer's former school in Illinois, saying a boy there had said Zimmer told him that Zimmer was going to kill his family.
When Iowa County sheriff's deputies went to the Zimmer house, they found Hans Zimmer age 48, dead on the porch from five gunshot wounds. His wife, Sally Zimmer age 44, had been stabbed at least 15 times and dragged to a shed. Their son Perry Zimmer age 10, was found dead in an upstairs bedroom, stabbed more than 20 times.
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