Ocklawaha, Florida
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Ocklawaha is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marion County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,508. The community is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Ocklawaha Post Office
"Ma" and Fred Barker died in the upper left bedroom of this house beside Lake Weir in Florida. 29°02′29″N 81°56′00″W / 29.041319°N 81.933408°W / 29.041319; -81.933408 (Ma Barker hideout in Ocklawaha, Florida)
Fred Barker
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Frederick George Barker was an American criminal who, along with Alvin Karpis, co-founded the Barker-Karpis gang, which committed numerous robberies, murders and kidnappings during the 1930s. Barker was the youngest son of Ma Barker, all of whose children were criminals. He was killed in a lengthy gunfight with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935.
mugshots of Fred Barker
Fred's closest associate Alvin Karpis