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Simon Peter Nelson is an American man who was convicted of murdering his six children aged 13 11 8 7 5 and 3. He used a knife and rubber mallet to kill the children as they slept on January 7 1978 in Rockford Illinois. He then drove to Milwaukee to beat his wife who was seeking a divorce at the time.Nelson claimed that he snapped when his wife announced her intention to divorce him and alleges that he can’t recall the killings because of amnesia.