On the night of December 28, 2018, a shooting on the 100 block of Whetstone in St. Charles, Missouri, left four family members shot. The victims were 39-year-old Kate Elizabeth Moeckel Kasten, her children Jonathan, 10, and Zoe, 8, and Kate’s mother, 61-year-old Jane Moeckel. Jonathan, Zoe and Jane were pronounced dead at the scene. Kate was found alive in the master bedroom but later died at a hospital.

Police identified the suspect as 46-year-old Richard Darren Emery, Kate’s boyfriend who had been living with the family. After the shooting Emery fled in his pickup, engaged officers in a shootout that struck a police vehicle, then escaped into nearby woods. During his flight he attempted to carjack a woman and stabbed her multiple times; she survived. Emery was found the next morning in a convenience store restroom bleeding from gunshot wounds and taken into custody.

Reports from the trial say the children and their grandmother had been barricaded in a bedroom when the gunman forced his way in. The defense argued Emery was dissociated and suffering from borderline personality disorder, while prosecutors said he was aware of his actions. Does anyone have information about the family, their routines, or what they remember from that night?