The Family of Marilynn and Dennis DePue

[themaninblack]

I am watching this segment now and want to know how their kids are doing if anyone knows. I know they had a daughter named Julie.

[schmave]

Great question. I think there were three kids ... two daughters and a son IIRC. Guessing the oldest would be pushing 50 by now. I got the impression their son was around my age, and I was 12 in 1990 so 43 now.
Cannot imagine how tough those ensuing years would have been, and continue to be to an extent.

[dynoguy88]

There's really next to no information available on any of the Depue children. Jennifer would be 49 today, Julie is 47 and Scott is 44. According to PeopleFinder.com, they're listed as living in Florida but sometimes listed in Michigan.

When this case was featured on 'Man with Van', they mentioned briefly that as soon an Marilyn was killed, arrangements were made with Coldwater High School for Jennifer to walk at her graduation since she only had 6 weeks left of school anyway. They made it sound like the 3 kids lived with their grandparents at least for a little while. But other than that, they had to be given protection during that year Dennis was on the run because police feared Dennis would try to kill either the children or Marilyn's co-workers at the high school, who he partially blamed for his divorce.

Their privacy has been kept ever since.

[Labonte18]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

There's really next to no information available on any of the Depue children. Jennifer would be 49 today, Julie is 47 and Scott is 44. According to PeopleFinder.com, they're listed as living in Florida but sometimes listed in Michigan.

When this case was featured on 'Man with Van', they mentioned briefly that as soon an Marilyn was killed, arrangements were made with Coldwater High School for Jennifer to walk at her graduation since she only had 6 weeks left of school anyway. They made it sound like the 3 kids lived with their grandparents at least for a little while. But other than that, they had to be given protection during that year Dennis was on the run because police feared Dennis would try to kill either the children or Marilyn's co-workers at the high school, who he partially blamed for his divorce.

Their privacy has been kept ever since.

They kept the DePue name? Somehow that's the most surprising part to me.

I kinda get creeped out by things like this. I get the wanting to know how they did afterwards. I mean, would it surprise any of us if they had severe substance abuse issues or something? But.. They're private people who deserve to be able to put things behind them.

[themaninblack]

Yes that is true. Hopefully things went well for them.

[XCalibur]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

There's really next to no information available on any of the Depue children. Jennifer would be 49 today, Julie is 47 and Scott is 44. According to PeopleFinder.com, they're listed as living in Florida but sometimes listed in Michigan.

When this case was featured on 'Man with Van', they mentioned briefly that as soon an Marilyn was killed, arrangements were made with Coldwater High School for Jennifer to walk at her graduation since she only had 6 weeks left of school anyway. They made it sound like the 3 kids lived with their grandparents at least for a little while. But other than that, they had to be given protection during that year Dennis was on the run because police feared Dennis would try to kill either the children or Marilyn's co-workers at the high school, who he partially blamed for his divorce.

Their privacy has been kept ever since.

I'd say it was a long shot he'd have harmed the children from everything I could gather about this case. Of course i could be wrong, and I'm in no way saying what Dennis did was not terrible and he needed to be put away for life had he not offed himself. But I don't think he was a totally evil person enough to murder his own children, I think he just snapped that day after years of an antagonistic relationship with his wife. There is nothing to suggest he was even physically abusive during those years. Sounded more to me like he and Marilyn just grew apart and for whatever reason developed a tumultuous relationship that got worse and worse. He was supposedly even suicidal for the longest time. He accused her of turning the children against him, its not clear how true it was but he seemed to feel it was.

But if the reenactment was accurate, Dennis was persuading his son to leave with him quickly so he could get out of there. That suggests to me he didn't go there to kill Marilyn that day, but was aware enough to know he was very close to the end of his rope and was trying to get out. But he got delayed both by him and her and we all know what happened next.

[dynoguy88]

Originally Posted by XCalibur

I'd say it was a long shot he'd have harmed the children from everything I could gather about this case. Of course i could be wrong, and I'm in no way saying what Dennis did was not terrible and he needed to be put away for life had he not offed himself. But I don't think he was a totally evil person enough to murder his own children, I think he just snapped that day after years of an antagonistic relationship with his wife. There is nothing to suggest he was even physically abusive during those years. Sounded more to me like he and Marilyn just grew apart and for whatever reason developed a tumultuous relationship that got worse and worse. He was supposedly even suicidal for the longest time. He accused her of turning the children against him, its not clear how true it was but he seemed to feel it was.

I don't disagree with you. It would have been extremely risky for Dennis to come back and try to attack all these people. But the police were not taking any risks. 'Man with a Van,' said Marilyn's coworkers were extremely worried that Dennis would come after them since he kept mentioning them in his manifesto letters.

And while he may have snapped that particular day, those letters pretty much proved that he had no remorse for what he did. If you make an entire list of people' and blame them all for your own marriage breaking up and then blame the person your murdered as reason for killing her, you've got some much deeper seeded issues in addition to being a sociopath. 'It's everyone else's fault but mine'...that argument doesn't fly.

[XCalibur]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

I don't disagree with you. It would have been extremely risky for Dennis to come back and try to attack all these people. But the police were not taking any risks. 'Man with a Van,' said Marilyn's coworkers were extremely worried that Dennis would come after them since he kept mentioning them in his manifesto letters.

And while he may have snapped that particular day, those letters pretty much proved that he had no remorse for what he did. If you make an entire list of people' and blame them all for your own marriage breaking up and then blame the person your murdered as reason for killing her, you've got some much deeper seeded issues in addition to being a sociopath. 'It's everyone else's fault but mine'...that argument doesn't fly.

My take on the letters Dennis wrote is that he was trying to convince himself his actions were justified as much as he was others. I think its a defense mechanism that forms in people's minds when they've done something bad, their mind tries to justify it to avoid the pain of guilt and it gives the appearance of having no remorse. But it only works temporarily and it eventually dawns on them. I think it would have

Of course I could be totally wrong. Maybe Dennis was just a cold blooded killer and a sociopath. But the facts surrounding the case leads me to believe it was more likely he was a halfway decent guy who just tragically flipped. What struck me the most is how the reenactment depicted him trying to get his son ready quickly and how determined he was to get out of there. That leads me to believe he definitely did not go there to kill Marilyn that day and even he knew how close he was to the edge with her and was trying to avoid a confrontation.

Just my two cents.

[dynoguy88]

Originally Posted by XCalibur

Of course I could be totally wrong. Maybe Dennis was just a cold blooded killer and a sociopath. But the facts surrounding the case leads me to believe it was more likely he was a halfway decent guy who just tragically flipped. What struck me the most is how the reenactment depicted him trying to get his son ready quickly and how determined he was to get out of there. That leads me to believe he definitely did not go there to kill Marilyn that day and even he knew how close he was to the edge with her and was trying to avoid a confrontation.

Just my two cents.

It's hard to say. The fact that he changed his license plate as quickly as he did is not a good look. If you have an out of state license plate on hand and are ready to change it in an instant, you're most likely going on the run. And that shows that the attack might have been premeditated. He just might not have originally planned to do it that day. We'll never know for sure.

The pickup scene was obviously a tense situation. Julie had already refused a visit with him. Despite Marilyn changing the locks, Dennis would still be sitting on the couch when she got home from work everyday. It wouldn't have been a particularly happy time for any of the family members. And as much as the reenactments get made fun of, I think UM did a decent job of showing how tense this really was. The actress playing Marilyn, she actually went down those basement stairs. (I remember gasping as a kid when I first saw that). She even lets out this frail groan when she hits the bottom. I hope she wasn't really injured while filming that scene.

[ladyO]

https://www.yoursun.com/charlotte/sh...1ca14a897.html

[mphs95]

Originally Posted by ladyO

https://www.yoursun.com/charlotte/sh...1ca14a897.html

Holy yikes. He looks like his dad. So sad...

[TJ]

Mobile Instinct traveled to Michigan to visit the abandoned schoolhouse, which was built in 1908. His video has over 1.4 million views.

He visits Dennis DePue's final resting place in Indiana. He has a nice headstone next to his parents and other relatives. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...is-henry-depue

Marilynn is surprisingly buried in an unmarked grave at another cemetery in Michigan. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...lynn-lee-depue

[Hot Jock]

Scott Depue (middle name Dennis!) currently lives in Sarasota, FL and is on active probation until 7/26/23 from the incident where he attacked the garbage collector back in 2020.

[Or So It Seems]

It's terrible how things turned out for him. I have to wonder if he blamed himself in some way for being in the center of his dad's anger that fateful day.

Great video by Mobil Instinct. I can't believe that old school is still standing and that Dennis has a headstone and Marilyn doesn't.

[Labonte18]

Is there anyone, anywhere who looks MORE like a serial killer than Dennis DePue?

Dennis looks more like a killer than Ted Bundy in full clown makeup.