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Daniel Laplante

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Key facts

Full name Daniel J. LaPlante[1]
Birth date May 15, 1970[1]
Birth place Townsend, Massachusetts[1]
Sentence Multiple life sentences[1]

Daniel LaPlante is an American convicted murderer from Townsend, Massachusetts, known for the 1987 murders of Priscilla Gustafson and her two children, as well as for having previously hidden inside the walls of the Bowen family's home in Pepperell, Massachusetts [1].

Context

Daniel LaPlante is an American convicted murderer from Townsend, Massachusetts, known for the 1987 murders of Priscilla Gustafson and her two children [1]. Sources also say he had earlier hidden inside the walls of the Bowen family's home in Pepperell, Massachusetts [1]. His trial occurred in 1988, and he was convicted of all three murders [2]. He is currently serving life sentences at MCI Norfolk [2].

Documented claims

  • LaPlante was convicted of the 1987 murders of Priscilla Gustafson and her two children in Townsend, Massachusetts. [1]
  • He had earlier hidden inside the walls of the Bowen family's home in Pepperell, Massachusetts. [1]
  • He is currently incarcerated at MCI Norfolk serving life sentences. [2]

Questions and answers

When was Daniel LaPlante born?

He was born on May 15, 1970 [1].

What was Daniel LaPlante convicted of?

He was convicted of the 1987 murders of Priscilla Gustafson and her two children [1].

Where is Daniel LaPlante currently incarcerated?

He is serving life sentences at MCI Norfolk [2].

Sources

  1. Daniel LaPlante's Murder of the Gustafson Family Revisited — oxygen.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  2. Annie thought her house was haunted. A boy she went on a date with was living in the walls. — mamamia.com.au (retrieved August 3, 2026)

Sources last checked August 3, 2026. · More in People