Talk:Ronald Gene Simmons

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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 That is highly unlikely because he was very withdrawn and not sociable.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.