Lauren Elizabeth "Lola" Kahler, age 16

Lost to gun violence on November 28, 2009 in Burlingame, Kansas.

Photo sources:

• Photos of Lauren Elizabeth “Lola” Kahler - Find a...
• Mail Online: Fired government worker 'murdered his children and wife after his request for a threesome drove her to lesbian affair'
• Murderpedia.org
• Lauren Elizabeth “Lola” Kahler (1993-2009) - Find...

News sources:

• KRCG: Update: Father to stand trial for 4 slayings

Also killed were:

• Dorothy E McFarlane Wight, age 89
• Emily Christine Kahler, age 18
• Karen Hetrick Kahler, age 44

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