The Lord family arrived in Elk Township around 1899, almost three decades after the Thumb’s first towns had already been established. Well-liked, well-renowned, and well-known–all that would change after a grisly murder (and robbery) rocked the family to their core. What shocked everyone, however, was that the perpetrator may have also been part of the family.

 
The Lord family arrived in Elk Township around 1899, almost three decades after the Thumb’s first towns had already been established. Well-liked, well-renowned, and well-known–all that would change after a grisly murder (and robbery) rocked the family to their core. What shocked everyone, however, was that the perpetrator may have also been part of the family.

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