A brutal early-morning attack on February 20, 2015, in a mobile home in Ozark, Missouri, left three adults and an unborn child dead. Among the victims was 27-year-old James Marsh, who was sleeping in the residence when an intruder forced his way inside. The assailant, Brian D. Williams, had formerly lived at the home, arrived in a stolen pickup truck, and used a headlamp while moving through the darkened rooms.

Investigators say Williams entered the bedroom shared by Marsh and his girlfriend Casey Maples, ordered them not to move, then placed a pistol against Maples’ head. After a malfunction, he cleared the weapon and shot both Maples and Marsh. He then kicked open a separate bedroom and fatally shot Maples’ mother, Christina Winden. Williams later told authorities he returned to the first bedroom and shot Marsh again after hearing him gasping.

Williams, 25 at the time, was arrested and held without bond. Prosecutors said Maples was seven or eight weeks pregnant, and charges for the unborn child were pursued. In March 2016 Williams pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder, four counts of armed criminal action, vehicle tampering and theft of a firearm, and was given four consecutive life terms without parole.