VanderHorst, Therese

1937 - 1956  (18 years)

• Name	VanderHorst, Therese  [1]
  Birth	11 Oct 1937	Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Education - High School	1956	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Kaukauna High School Class of 1956
  Death	9 Mar 1956	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  	Cause: Murdered - Age 18 years
  Family History Document	Aft 9 Mar 1956
  Anna's sister was murdered by boyfriend when she was just a teenager. She was pregnant and he hit her over the head and stuffed her body into a closet where she sufficated. He was put into prison, it was possibly 1965 when he got out.
  Burial	13 Mar 1956	Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  		VanderHorst, Theresa Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	14 Mar 1956
  Kaukauna Times
  Funeral services for Miss Teresa Vander Hurst, 18, Lawe Street, were held Tuesday at Holy Cross Church. A saddening group of 168 high school seniors, her classmates, attended. Miss Vander Hurst's body had been found in a basement on W. 9th St., Sunday morning and 17-year-old Michael McCormick a Kaukauna boy, admitted that he struck her over the head with a shell casing Friday night. McCormick has been charged with second-degree murder. Miss Vander Hurst had been reported missing Friday evening. Her body was discovered by Chief of Police Harold Engerson, who was investigating the missing person report.
  News Mention	11 Jul 1956
  Kaukauna Times
  Jurors were chosen Monday in the first-degree murder trial of Michael McCormick, 17, accused of slaying Theresa Vander Horst on March 9, was started Tuesday morning in the Municipal Court, Appleton before judge Oscar J. Schmiege. McCormick has entered a plea of innocent by reason of insanity at the time of the alleged killing. Kaukauna Times dated 7/20/1956 Michael McCormick, 17, who Wednesday night was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury composed of six men and six women in the death of Teresa Vander Horst, is scheduled to receive sentencing this morning. The jury deliberated for a little more than five hours before bringing the verdict.
  Person ID	I24934	1FamilyTree | PaulWest45278, MaryLangenhuizenClose78556
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	VanderHorst, George,   b. 13 Dec 1902, Boxtel, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d. 10 May 1974, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Ebben, Helena Delia,   b. 10 Dec 1903, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 15 May 1947, Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F24139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  VanderHorst, Theresa

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] Gedcom import from EbbenPaulWest.FTW.