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On December 1, 1987, LaPlante entered the Townsend home of Priscilla Gustafson, a nursery school teacher. Gustafson, who was pregnant, was found face-down on her bed, her pillows covered in her blood. LaPlante had raped her and shot her multiple times at point-blank range. [9]
- The Traumatic Early Years of Daniel Laplante
- Becoming The Boy in The Walls
- The Harrowing Gustafson Murders
- A Life Sentence For Daniel Laplante
Daniel LaPlante was bornon May 15, 1970, in Townsend, Massachusetts, and he allegedly suffered traumatic sexual and psychological abuse during his childhood at the hands of his father and then as a teen at the hands of his psychiatrist. LaPlante’s environment was no less chaotic. His family’s house and surrounding grounds were reportedly a mass of ...
Over the course of several weeks in late Fall 1986, Daniel LaPlante gained entry to the Bowen home at 93 Lawrence Street, in Pepperell, near Townsend. From a small crawl space no wider than six inches, he initiated psychological torment on the family. After watching Tina and her sister try to contact their recently deceased mother on a ouija board,...
While awaiting trial, LaPlante moved home and continued his daytime burglary spree. On Oct. 14, 1987, he stole two .22 Caliber firearms from a neighboring house. On Nov. 16, 1987, LaPlante burglarized the home of the Gustafson family, which included pregnant nursery school teacher Priscilla Gustafson, her husband Andrew, and their two children, fiv...
Meanwhile, Andrew Gustafson had been calling his wife all afternoon. Returning to an eerily quiet house with no lights on, Gustafson feared the worst. He first found his wife dead, lying face down on the bedspread. Then, he fled the house and called police. He later reported thathe refused to look for the children because, “I was afraid I would fin...
Sep 8, 2024 · On December 1, 1987, Daniel snuck into the Gustafson family’s home in Townsend, where he raped and shot dead 33-year-old Priscilla Gustafson, a nursery teacher who was pregnant at that time. He then proceeded to kill her children, William, aged 5, and Abigail, aged 7, by drowning them in separate bathtubs.
Jul 28, 2023 · Following a trial in 1988, LaPlante was convicted of all three murders in the Gustafson family slayings and sentenced to life in prison. He remains behind bars in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk.
Sep 24, 2024 · On December 1, 1987, LaPlante broke into the home of Andrew and Priscilla Gustafson for the second time in under a month. While LaPlante was inside, Priscilla returned home with William,...
- Lloyd Farley
- Senior Author
Sep 9, 2024 · On December 1, LaPlante came home and brutally killed pregnant Priscilla Gustafson and her two children, Abigail aged 7, and William aged 5, as per Oxygen True Crime. LaPlante tied Priscilla to her bed, sexually assaulted her, and then shot her twice with a stolen pistol.
Jul 3, 2024 · LaPlante was tried for the Gustafson murders in October 1988 and subsequently convicted on three life sentences. Chillingly, that wasn’t the end to his story. LaPlante appealed for a reduced sentence in 2017, but the judge found that he was not remorseful for his crimes.
