Crystal Brenizer, age 5

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Lost to gun violence on May 11, 1991 in Cushing, Wisconsin.

Photo sources:

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57792583/crystal_ann-brenizer

News sources:

• Oxygen: ‘I Did It. I Killed Them All’: 15-Year-Old Shot And Incinerated 5 Family Members | Oxygen

Also killed were:

• Heidi Berentson, age 10
• Mindy Berentson, age 7
• Ricky Brenizer, age 35
• Ruth Berentson, age 31

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