On the evening of October 10, 2014, officers responding to a 911 call found 77-year-old Herman Eugene Ellison and his wife Rosie Ellison dead from gunshot wounds inside their rural Vernon County, Missouri, home on East Quantrill Road near Nevada and El Dorado Springs. Authorities determined both had been deceased for some time and opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators focused on the couple’s grandson, Logan Ellison, who lived at the residence. He initially described the shootings as accidental but later admitted to intentionally killing both grandparents on October 9, using two firearms described in court records as a .30-30 rifle and a .22 rifle. He said he shot Herman Ellison in the head and chest and fired a second shot to ensure death, then took money from his grandfather’s wallet and discarded spent casings before attending school and a football game the next day.

Logan Ellison was arrested and charged with the murders and first-degree robbery; he pleaded guilty in July 2016 to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree robbery and was sentenced under the plea terms to three concurrent 22-year prison terms, with a requirement to serve at least 85 percent before parole eligibility. Does anyone have information about the victims or their lives in Vernon County that could shed light on this case?