On March 16, 2009, Raytown, Missouri, was the scene of a quadruple homicide inside an apartment that included 21-year-old Precious JoNicole Triplett. Officers found Triplett, her boyfriend Andre Donnell Jones Sr., and two nephews, 10-year-old Amir Clemons and 7-year-old Gerard Clemons Jr., all deceased from violent injuries. A toddler, Triplett’s son and the child of the suspect, was found alive and unharmed at the scene.

Prosecutors say the killings were carried out by 24-year-old Gevante Anderson, identified as Triplett’s former boyfriend and the father of the surviving toddler. According to witness testimony presented at trial, Anderson shot Andre Jones Sr., forced his way inside, and later admitted shooting Triplett after she begged for her life. The two boys suffered extreme violence; the younger child was stabbed more than 100 times and the older child sustained dozens of gunshot and stab wounds.

Anderson was arrested, tried in March 2011, and convicted on all counts; a Jackson County judge sentenced him in May 2011 to four consecutive life terms without parole plus additional life and prison terms for armed criminal action and burglary. Does anyone have memories of Precious or the children who could add to the record?