Episode 13-Frustration and Fatality: The Aaron Lindh Case
In January 1988, Aaron Lindh entered the City-County Building in Madison, WI, armed with a gun. He fatally shot Eleanor Townsend, a sheriff's department secretary, and Clyde 'Bud' Chamberlain, the county coroner. He also seriously injured Erik Erikson, a private citizen.
Lindh was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted first degree murder, and carrying a firearm in a public building. He pleaded fuilty to the firearm charge and was found guilty of the other charges by a jury. During the trial's mental capacity phase, Lindh claimed he had a mental disease at the time of the crimes, but the jury concluded otherwise.
The information presented in this episode is from sources from the most reliable accounts available not eh web including an article from Murderpedia:
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lindh-aaron.htm
Find a Grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138668053/clyde-francis-chamberlainhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29907744/eleanor-m_-townsend
Surrounded by Reality:
http://surroundedbyreality.org/Happened/Murders/CCBMurder.asp
Blulady:
https://blulady.tripod.com/3memBud/memoryofbud.htmlhttps://blulady.tripod.com/3memBud/memoryofbud2.html
Photos include Eleanor Townsend with her husband, Aaron Lindh, and Clyde 'Bud' Chamberlain.
