Serial Killers: Brothers Danny and Larry Ranes separately became serial killers; Did not kill together

Victims
Vernon Llewellyn Labenne, 20 [4/6/1964 Battle Creek, MI] (Larry)
Gary Albert Smock, 30 [5/30/1964 MI] (Larry) no picture
Charles E. Snider, 33 [5/31/1964 Elkhart, IN] (Larry) no picture
[unnamed male victim whose body was not found NV] (Larry)
Charlie Sizemore [1964 Lexington, KY] (Larry) no picture
Patricia Howk, 28 [3/18/1972] (Danny and Brent) no picture
Linda Clark, 19 [7/4/1972] (Danny and Brent)
Claudia Bidstrup, 19 [7/4/1972] (Danny and Brent)
Patricia Fearnow, 18 [8/5/1972] (Danny and Brent)

Find-A-Grave: Vernon Llewellyn Labenne
Find-A-Grave: Gary Albert Smock
Find-A-Grave: Pamela Sue Fearnow
Army Veteran Larry Ranes Murdered Gary Smock, Charles Snyder, and Air Force Service Member Vernon LeBenne After Jailed and Discharged from Military for Violence (1964)
Upper Peninsula Wiki: Larry and Danny Ranes
People of Michigan v Larry Ranes 1971 (conviction overturned)
Sibling Rivals and Murder Games
10 Cases Of Sibling Serial Killers: 9 – The Ranes Brothers
Excerpt from “Inside the Minds of Serial Killers: Why They Kill”
Excerpt from “The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers”
Excerpt from “Haunted History of Kalamazoo”
Judge said man who killed 3 women should never go free but felon seeking parole after 48 years
‘Sick to my stomach:’ Man who killed 3 young women in 1972 to go free
Serial killer who terrorized Kalamazoo in 1970s dies in prison
Kalamazoo County serial killer found dead in prison
Wikipedia: Larry and Danny Ranes

Podcasts
So Dead: Brotherhood

Books
The Murder Game
Luke Karamazov (names changed)
The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Second Edition: A Study of the Chilling Criminal Phenomenon from the Angels of Death to the Zodiac Killer

Movies/Documentaries
Evil Kin: To Lose is a Sin

Defendants
Larry Lee Ranes – pled guilty, sentenced to life in prison – changed his name to Monk Steppenwolf
Danny Arthur Ranes – convicted, sentenced to life in prison, died in prison 1/30/2022
Brent Eugene Koster – pled guilty, sentenced to life in prison, paroled 1/21/2021

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