Three-month-old Mason Gage Denham was the youngest of four family members killed in a house fire on Buena Vista Road in Edgerton, Missouri, on February 19, 2016. Responders called for a fire found Mason’s body in the front yard alongside his mother, thirty-two-year-old Heather Abree Denham, and his great-grandparents, eighty-two-year-old Russell Denham and eighty-one-year-old Shirley Denham. Forensic work determined all four had been shot before the home was set ablaze.

Investigators reported a ritual detail at the scene: pennies placed on the victims’ eyes, a practice that extended to the family dog, which had also been killed. Suspicion focused on Grayden Lane Denham, Heather’s brother, who had been living at the house and was not there when the fire was discovered. Witnesses described prior arguments and drug problems; police say Grayden bought gasoline containers and later was found over a thousand miles away in Seligman, Arizona, driving his grandfather’s stolen Nissan Versa. Items in the car reportedly included clothing with gunshot residue and traces of accelerant.

Grayden Denham was tried and convicted on multiple counts related to the killings. The jury found him guilty of four counts of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, arson, animal abuse, and related offenses; sentencing included consecutive life terms without parole plus additional years. Does anyone have memories of the family or relevant information about the events leading up to that February 2016 night?