On September 30, 2005, 47-year-old Laura Dawn Burr McCool was shot and killed inside the rural Anderson, Missouri, home of her 70-year-old father-in-law, Orlie Wade McCool, while helping him with groceries. An intruder later identified as Levi King had broken into his father’s nearby home, taken several firearms, then gone to the McCool residence. King fatally shot Orlie McCool and fired multiple rounds at Laura McCool, killing her; both bodies were found the same day after family members could not reach them.

Investigators recovered shell casings at the scene that matched ammunition from the weapons reported stolen from King’s father. The killer stole Orlie’s pickup truck and fled; a nationwide alert for the vehicle led to Border Patrol intercepting the truck in El Paso, Texas, where King was taken into custody attempting to re-enter the United States from Mexico and the murder weapons were found inside the truck.

King was extradited to Missouri and in 2008 pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, receiving two consecutive life terms without parole for the Anderson killings. Does anyone have memories of Laura or Orlie, or information about that night that could shed more light on what happened?