2000 - 2000 (0 years)
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Name |
David Luft |
Born |
2000 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Interesting |
crime, murder, story |
Misfortune |
6 Jul 2000 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] |
murdered by Bill Luft |
Eby ID Number |
Waterloo-106811 |
Died |
6 Jul 2000 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Buried |
Williamsburg Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Person ID |
I106811 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
7 Nov 2024 |
Father |
Bill Luft, b. 1957, , Czechoslovakia , d. 6 Jul 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 43 years) |
Mother |
Bohumila Pejlova, b. 1972, d. 6 Jul 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 28 years) |
Married |
1993 |
, Czechoslovakia [1] |
Family ID |
F50265 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- KITCHENER Fifteen years ago, Bill Luft turned on his family, killing his wife, four young children and himself.
The killings on July 6, 2000, in a home on Mooregate Crescent in Kitchener, still stand as Waterloo Region's worst mass murder.
An 11-day inquest in 2001 concluded nothing could have prevented the murders. They took place while Luft's parents were inside their temporary home, a motorhome parked in the driveway. They heard nothing.
Luft, who was 42, had bipolar disorder marked by extreme shifts in mood but often refused to take his medication, partly due to the stigma about mental illness.
Luft was also under an extreme amount of stress. He was unemployed, in debt and trying to come to terms with his 10-week-old son being diagnosed with spina bifida....
Waterloo Region Record 3 Jul 2015
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Sources |
- [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Luft mass murder shocked Kitchener 15 years ago - 3 Jul 2015.
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Event Map |
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| Misfortune - murdered by Bill Luft - 6 Jul 2000 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Died - 6 Jul 2000 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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| Buried - - Williamsburg Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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