Jerry Loved His Job
It was 1966, and 28-year-old Jerry Bricca was relishing a successful career at Monsanto. He loved it so much that he had moved his family from Seattle to Cincinnati three years earlier. He was so dedicated to his job that he usually worked weekends as he did on that fateful Sunday. Some might say he was too dedicated: There was some gossip about Linda Bricca’s possible affair.
Linda Bricca, Jerry Brica. Source: ABC
The last time anyone saw the family was around 9 p.m. when Jerry took the trash out. Everything that happened after is speculative, based on minimal evidence. The assumption (based on the stomach contents) is that they died on Sunday night. A phone call at 6:30 a.m. on Monday morning went unanswered. By Monday, their trash cans were still on the front lawn, uncollected on the street.