Thursday, March 15, 2018

Son, Grandkids of Pensacola Bible Institute Founder Peter Sturges Ruckman Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Peter S. Ruckman, a political scientist and son of the late founder of the Pensacola Bible Institute, Peter Sturges Ruckman, who also led the Pensacola Bible Baptist Church, was found dead along with his two young sons in his Illinois home in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday.

The Winnebago County coroner told the Associated Press Peter S. Ruckman, 58, his sons John "Jack" Ruckman, 12, and Christopher Ruckman, 14, all died of gunshot wounds.

According to the Rockford Register Star reports, the recently departed father was a long-time political science professor at Rock Valley College and an instructor at Northern Illinois University. He and his former wife, Heidi Ruckman who is a civil defense attorney with a major law firm, recently divorced in August 2017. Their sons were both students at Rockford Christian Schools.

Son, Grandkids of Pensacola Bible Institute Founder Peter Sturges Ruckman Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

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