Peter Strohecker

1925 - 1979  (53 years)

• Name	Peter Strohecker
  Born	25 Jul 1925	Utica, Oneida, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Apr 1979	Vail, Eagle, Colorado, USA   [1]
  Buried	Utica, Oneida, New York, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I23519	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Martha Ann Bartle,   b. 14 Aug 1935, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA ,   d. 1 Apr 1979, Vail, Eagle, Colorado, USA  (Age 43 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1963	New Hartford, Oneida, New York, USA
  Children	1. Kimberly Lee Strohecker,   b. 1963,   d. 2013  (Age 50 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F8017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In April 1979, Peter Strohecker, 53, shot his estranged wife, Martha, 53, and her companion, Tom Green, 54, at the intersection of Vail and Willow roads. Martha Strohecker, who was shot twice, died, while Green, who was shot once in the stomach, survived. Peter Strohecker shot and killed himself moments after the shooting. The Stroheckers were from Evergreen, and Green was from Arvada. Martha Strohecker and Tom Green had come to Vail for a weekend of skiing. They were retuning to their hotel after dinner and an evening of dancing when they were confronted by Peter Strohecker. An argument ensued, and Peter Strohecker fired two shots into the pavement before turning the gun on his wife and then Green. Strohecker was under a restraining order to stay away from his wife, police said. The court required him to give up his gun, but he apparently bought another before coming to Vail, police said. (vaildaily.com/news/last-vail-murder-was-in-1979/)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1740] U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).