A heir to the du Pont family fortune and the richest U.S. man to stand trial for murder, John du Pont tried to buy justice.

If you thought the billionaire played by Steve Carell in Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher was eerie, please allow me to introduce you to the real John du Pont. A dangerous concoction of lonely and paranoid ...

Jan. 26, 1996: John E. du Pont, 57, shoots 36-year-old Olympic wrestler David L. Schultz to death in the driveway of a home on du Pont's Foxcatcher Farms estate in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Du ...

Goodale, still in the passenger seat, pointed the barrel of his gun at du Pont's. The multimillionaire blinked and threw his revolver on the car's seat. Goodale jumped out of the car and slammed the ...

John E. du Pont, who murdered Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, was the great-great-grandson of the family's patriarch. The family built several mansions, including replicas of the Montpelier estate, ...

Almost 30 years ago, on a frigid, gray afternoon on Jan. 26, 1996, John E. du Pont, an heir to the du Pont family fortune and one of the wealthiest men in America, gunned down beloved Olympic gold ...