Mother and attorney

Associated Press · January 8, 1978

Milwaukee, Wis. -- Mrs. Ann Nelson, 38, is led by her attorney, Karl Winkler, from the Milwaukee Public Safety Building in Milwaukee, Saturday. As she began a return trip to Rockford, Ill. Mrs. Nelson's husband, Simon, 46, was charged Saturday with silently and methodically beating and stabbing to death his six children and their dog as they slept in their Rockford home. Simon Nelson was arrested by Milwaukee police after he was reportedly beating his estranged wife in a Milwaukee motel room.