116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Fatal Bank and Farm Shootings
Burr, 63, of rural Lone Tree, considered himself a victim of the agriculture economy crisis of the time. On Monday, December 9, 1985, he drove to Hills Bank and Trust Company in Hills, Iowa, where he shot and killed Hills Bank President John Hughes, 46. The gunman later returned to Lone Tree, where he shot and killed neighbor Richard Goody, 38, on Goody's Farm. Goody's wife Marilyn and son Mark fled the farm while being fired upon, but escaped unharmed. Burr then drove home where he shot and killed his wife, Emily, 64. Before leaving again in his pickup to take his own life, Burr left a note addressed to his son John that read, "I'm sorry, I can't take the problems anymore."
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